Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 91 · 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: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) maroon
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark green
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pink
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light green (d) bottle green
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) light blue
10. 10.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) dark red
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
14. 14.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) maroon
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) bottle green
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light green
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) pale yellow
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pink

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