Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 149 · 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: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) navy blue
4. 4.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
8. 8.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) maroon
13. 13.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
15. 15.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
20. 20.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark red
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) maroon
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) sky blue
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) light green (d) lilac
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) light blue
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
34. 34.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) lilac
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark red
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint

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