Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 194 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) light green
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) sky blue
4. 4.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) maroon
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark green (d) bottle green
7. 7.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) pink
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) bottle green
15. 15.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) pink
19. 19.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) lilac
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) pink
22. 22.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) maroon
25. 25.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
28. 28.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
29. 29.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) pink
35. 35.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
38. 38.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black

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