Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 902 · 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 make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
7. 7.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
9. 9.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) maroon
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) navy blue
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) water to black
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark red (d) light green
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) maroon (d) bottle green
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) navy blue
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) bottle green
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark red
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) pink
32. 32.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
39. 39.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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