Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 805 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (White up, black down): Tint = colour + white (lighter): pink, sky blue, light green, lilac, pale yellow. Shade = colour + black (darker): maroon, navy blue, dark green, bottle green, dark purple. Tone = colour + grey. Mixing a tint, start with white and add colour a little at a time; a row from white to black is a value scale.

1. 1.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) lilac
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) light blue
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) pink
8. 8.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
11. 11.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) sky blue
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) maroon
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) light blue
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) maroon
22. 22.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
24. 24.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) bottle green
27. 27.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark red
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) dark red
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) sky blue
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) pink
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True

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