Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 970 · 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 purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
4. 4.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
6. 6.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark red
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) bottle green
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) pink
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) lilac
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
21. 21.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
26. 26.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pink
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) navy blue
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light blue
32. 32.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) pink
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white

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