Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 855 · 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 is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
2. 2.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) maroon
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) navy blue
6. 6.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) sky blue
14. 14.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) water to black
15. 15.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) lilac
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) lilac
29. 29.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) pink
35. 35.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) light blue
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) bottle green
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) light green

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