Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 301 · 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 white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) bottle green
6. 6.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
9. 9.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) pink (d) light blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) light green (d) pale yellow
15. 15.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) light green
22. 22.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) light blue
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
33. 33.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) dark red
35. 35.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) sky blue
39. 39.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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