Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 189 · 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.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark green (d) bottle green
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
7. 7.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) pink
14. 14.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) pale yellow
17. 17.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) pale yellow
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) light green
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark green
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) lilac
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
37. 37.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) light green
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) light green

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