Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 251 · 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 pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) dark purple
8. 8.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
10. 10.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) pink
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) lilac
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) sky blue
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) light blue
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
29. 29.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) lilac (d) maroon
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) pink (d) navy blue
37. 37.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark green
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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