Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 906 · 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 purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
3. 3.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) navy blue
12. 12.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.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
15. 15.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) navy blue
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) maroon
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
23. 23.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) maroon
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
27. 27.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
30. 30.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark purple
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
37. 37.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
39. 39.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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