Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 835 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) maroon
2. 2.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
7. 7.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark red
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) lilac
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark red
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
14. 14.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
22. 22.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
24. 24.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) pink
26. 26.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark green (d) dark purple
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac

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