Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 89 · 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 pink. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) maroon
6. 6.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
8. 8.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark purple
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark purple
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) lilac
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pink
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) maroon
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
20. 20.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light green
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) sky blue
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) light green (d) bottle green
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) pink
29. 29.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) light blue
36. 36.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
37. 37.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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