Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 246 · 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 purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
3. 3.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) bottle green
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) light green
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) lilac
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) maroon
19. 19.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
21. 21.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
22. 22.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) palette
26. 26.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
30. 30.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) pink
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True

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