Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 229 · 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 dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark red
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) pink
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) maroon
7. 7.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) lilac
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
19. 19.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) pink (d) dark purple
28. 28.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light green
31. 31.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
35. 35.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) lilac
37. 37.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) light blue

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