Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 228 · 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: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
7. 7.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) pink (d) navy blue
10. 10.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) light green (d) sky blue
12. 12.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light blue (d) navy blue
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) dark red
15. 15.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) maroon
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
29. 29.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
31. 31.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) light blue
34. 34.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
35. 35.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
37. 37.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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