Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 145 · 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 black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) light blue
3. 3.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) light green
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) maroon
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) light green
11. 11.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) bottle green
14. 14.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
17. 17.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
18. 18.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) maroon
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
27. 27.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
29. 29.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
31. 31.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
36. 36.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) pink
40. 40.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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