Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 201 · 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 shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) maroon
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) black to colour
12. 12.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) maroon (d) pink
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
21. 21.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) light blue
23. 23.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
26. 26.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark purple
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) pink
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) bottle green

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