Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 951 · 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: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) maroon
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) pink
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark green (d) sky blue
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
14. 14.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
27. 27.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light green
31. 31.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) dark red
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac

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