Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 939 · 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 white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
3. 3.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.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
5. 5.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) pink
8. 8.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) pink (d) bottle green
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) dark red
12. 12.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) dark green (d) bottle green
14. 14.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
16. 16.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) light green (d) light blue
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
27. 27.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark red
37. 37.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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