Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 140 · 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 light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) maroon
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) maroon
9. 9.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) palette
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) lilac
20. 20.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
26. 26.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pink
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
37. 37.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) pink
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) dark green
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) light green

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