Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 337 · 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 tint (b) a shade
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) dark green
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light blue
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) sky blue
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) pink
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) sky blue
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) navy blue
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) pink
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
17. 17.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) pink
24. 24.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
25. 25.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) pink
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
38. 38.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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