Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 352 · 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) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
2. 2.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) lilac
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) light green
12. 12.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) lilac
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) lilac
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
23. 23.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) light blue
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) maroon
28. 28.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
29. 29.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark red
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white

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