Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 876 · 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 black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark red (d) light blue
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) bottle green
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pink
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) lilac
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) pink
39. 39.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) maroon

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