Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 897 · 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.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) light green
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) dark red
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) sky blue
21. 21.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
22. 22.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pink
28. 28.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) sky blue
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
33. 33.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
34. 34.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark purple
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) sky blue
40. 40.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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