Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 875 · 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 blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) dark purple
4. 4.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) dark red
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) dark purple
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) light blue
30. 30.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark red
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) light green
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) sky blue
35. 35.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) dark red
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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