Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 334 · 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 sky blue. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
9. 9.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) palette
10. 10.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
20. 20.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) bottle green
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) light green
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) pink
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) lilac
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) sky blue
37. 37.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac

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