Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 319 · 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 black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark purple
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) maroon
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) sky blue
10. 10.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (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) dark purple (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light blue
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
14. 14.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark red
18. 18.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark green (d) navy blue
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) navy blue
23. 23.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) palette
25. 25.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) lilac
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) dark red
30. 30.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark green
32. 32.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
38. 38.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
40. 40.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint

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