Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 148 · 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 maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green
9. 9.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) sky blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark red
14. 14.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) dark green
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
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 tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark red
27. 27.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
28. 28.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
31. 31.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
33. 33.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) navy blue
35. 35.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
37. 37.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark green
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) pink
40. 40.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue

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