Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 854 · 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 pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
3. 3.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) light green
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
14. 14.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
15. 15.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark red
20. 20.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) sky blue
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) light green
32. 32.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
34. 34.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) dark green
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light green
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple

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