Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 362 · 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: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) navy blue
5. 5.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light blue
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) light blue
9. 9.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) pink
11. 11.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) lilac
14. 14.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
16. 16.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
18. 18.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark red (d) dark green
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) lilac
24. 24.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark green
27. 27.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) light green
29. 29.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark purple
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
33. 33.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) light green
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) maroon

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