Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 179 · 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: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pink
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) dark green
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) light green (d) maroon
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) light green
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light green
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
16. 16.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) maroon (d) navy blue
22. 22.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark purple
24. 24.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
25. 25.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) pink
27. 27.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) lilac
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) dark red
30. 30.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
31. 31.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) maroon (d) sky blue
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
39. 39.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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