Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 359 · 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 sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
5. 5.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) lilac
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) navy blue
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) light blue
11. 11.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) light blue
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) pink (d) sky blue
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
26. 26.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) light green
32. 32.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
33. 33.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) palette
34. 34.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
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 black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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