Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 382 · 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 dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark green
5. 5.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) light green
9. 9.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) light blue
12. 12.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) light blue
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) dark green
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
27. 27.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
30. 30.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light blue

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