Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 965 · 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.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light green
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark green
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) dark purple
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) navy blue
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) maroon
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark red
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) maroon
22. 22.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
25. 25.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) light blue
32. 32.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) light green
38. 38.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light green (d) bottle green

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