Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 363 · 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 pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) dark green
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) lilac (d) sky blue
5. 5.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) navy blue
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark green
8. 8.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) pink
15. 15.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
27. 27.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) pink (d) maroon
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) light green (d) navy blue
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
36. 36.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) dark green
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
40. 40.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel

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