Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 193 · 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 light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light blue
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) pink (d) light green
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
13. 13.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
15. 15.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pink (d) dark red
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) dark red (d) lilac
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark purple
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
23. 23.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
24. 24.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) sky blue
30. 30.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
33. 33.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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