Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 296 · 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 shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) horizon line
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) light green
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) light green
19. 19.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
21. 21.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) pink
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) dark green
27. 27.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) lilac
31. 31.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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