Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 159 · 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 red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
6. 6.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
8. 8.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
14. 14.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light blue
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) light green
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) lilac
19. 19.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark red
21. 21.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) palette
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pink
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) sky blue
28. 28.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark red
30. 30.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) light green
35. 35.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark red
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
39. 39.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) sky blue

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