Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 806 · 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 make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
6. 6.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark green
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) navy blue
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
18. 18.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark red
24. 24.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
27. 27.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light green
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light green
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark purple
35. 35.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) light green
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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