Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 156 · 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: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark purple
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) lilac (d) dark green
4. 4.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) navy blue
6. 6.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
10. 10.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
11. 11.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark red
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark purple
20. 20.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) sky blue
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) dark red (d) bottle green
31. 31.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) light blue
34. 34.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) light blue
36. 36.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
39. 39.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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