Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 853 · 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 darker? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) dark green
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) light blue
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) dark red
13. 13.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) lilac
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
19. 19.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) light blue
21. 21.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) dark red
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark red (d) light blue
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 blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) dark green
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) dark green
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
37. 37.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
38. 38.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) dark red

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