Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 222 · 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 green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light blue
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) light green
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark red
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
16. 16.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
23. 23.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pink
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) light blue
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) bottle green
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark green
30. 30.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) lilac
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) lilac
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
38. 38.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) light blue

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