Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 342 · 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.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) lilac
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
12. 12.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) pink
15. 15.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
18. 18.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
19. 19.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
21. 21.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) pink (d) lilac
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark purple
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) light blue
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) dark green (d) navy blue
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) maroon
38. 38.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
40. 40.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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