Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 174 · 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.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) light blue
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) light blue
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light green
11. 11.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) light green
13. 13.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark red
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) light blue (d) lilac
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) lilac
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
27. 27.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) dark purple
30. 30.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
33. 33.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) light blue
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) light blue

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