Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 374 · 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 light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) pink
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
6. 6.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) sky blue
8. 8.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
14. 14.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light blue
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light green
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) sky blue
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
38. 38.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False

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