Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 307 · 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: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) lilac (d) maroon
10. 10.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) black to colour
15. 15.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
16. 16.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
17. 17.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) lilac
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light green
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
28. 28.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) bottle green
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) pink
37. 37.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark red

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