Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 890 · 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 make a tint. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) maroon
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) sky blue
7. 7.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
12. 12.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
15. 15.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark red
18. 18.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
20. 20.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) pink (d) lilac
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
23. 23.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) bottle green
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) sky blue
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) pink
40. 40.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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