Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 391 · 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.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark purple
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) bottle green
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) navy blue
7. 7.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) bottle green
10. 10.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) lilac
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark red
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pink
16. 16.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) navy blue
29. 29.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
32. 32.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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