Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 158 · 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: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) sky blue
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
7. 7.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light green
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) bottle green
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light blue
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) lilac
14. 14.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) bottle green
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) lilac
20. 20.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) light green
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) light green
29. 29.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
35. 35.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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