Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 313 · 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.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
7. 7.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
8. 8.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) pink
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) lilac
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark red
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) lilac
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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