Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 949 · 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.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) pink (d) light blue
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) light green
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
20. 20.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
21. 21.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
25. 25.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
27. 27.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark green
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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