Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 952 · 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: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) lilac
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark green
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) maroon
12. 12.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light blue
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark green (d) bottle green
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) pink
29. 29.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) pink
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) pink (d) lilac

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