Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 239 · 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.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
4. 4.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
6. 6.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
8. 8.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
17. 17.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) lilac
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
22. 22.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
26. 26.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
28. 28.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
32. 32.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) dark green (d) navy blue
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark green (d) lilac

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