Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 377 · 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 navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
3. 3.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark green
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) lilac
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) maroon
18. 18.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark red
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
22. 22.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) maroon
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) black to colour
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
39. 39.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True

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