Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 176 · 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.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
3. 3.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) pale yellow
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green
11. 11.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
19. 19.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pink
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) navy blue
28. 28.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light green
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) navy blue
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) horizon line
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) dark red
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
40. 40.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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