Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 886 · 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 green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light blue
6. 6.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) light blue
11. 11.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) light green
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
17. 17.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark green
19. 19.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) water to black
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) light blue
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
26. 26.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) light green
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) light green (d) sky blue
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
37. 37.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) dark red
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) light blue

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