Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 879 · 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 dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light blue (d) maroon
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) pink (d) light green
6. 6.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) maroon
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark green
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) pink
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
34. 34.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
35. 35.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) dark green (d) maroon
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) light blue

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