Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 946 · 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 red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
6. 6.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
11. 11.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
16. 16.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) light green
18. 18.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) lilac
20. 20.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark purple
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
30. 30.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
33. 33.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark red
40. 40.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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