Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 195 · 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 sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark red
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
6. 6.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) light green (d) pink
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pink (d) bottle green
15. 15.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) lilac
21. 21.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
23. 23.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
24. 24.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark red
28. 28.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) navy blue
33. 33.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) maroon

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