Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 264 · 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: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
15. 15.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) light blue
23. 23.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark red
25. 25.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.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
27. 27.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) dark red
34. 34.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
35. 35.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) pink
38. 38.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) dark green
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) lilac (d) navy blue

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