Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 393 · 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.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark green
4. 4.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark green (d) navy blue
8. 8.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
10. 10.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) pink
12. 12.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
16. 16.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) light green
18. 18.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
22. 22.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
28. 28.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) navy blue
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
40. 40.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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