Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 824 · 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.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) lilac
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) light blue
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) dark red
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
27. 27.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) lilac (d) sky blue
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark red
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) light blue
35. 35.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
39. 39.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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