Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 283 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) light green
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) dark purple
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
5. 5.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) pink
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pink
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark purple
14. 14.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
32. 32.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) sky blue
34. 34.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
36. 36.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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