Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 1 · 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 dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark red
14. 14.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.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
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) pink (d) light blue
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark red
19. 19.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
25. 25.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pink
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) dark purple
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
32. 32.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark green
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) bottle green
39. 39.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light blue

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