Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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