Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 867 · 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.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) dark green
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.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
7. 7.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
13. 13.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) light green
16. 16.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) light blue
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) navy blue
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) maroon
25. 25.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) dark red
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
33. 33.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) maroon

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