Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 924 · 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: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) bottle green
4. 4.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pink
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark green
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) lilac
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
17. 17.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
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.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
23. 23.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) light green (d) dark red
33. 33.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) bottle green
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
40. 40.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac

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