Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 397 · 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: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pink
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark red
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
6. 6.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) light blue
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
18. 18.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark green
20. 20.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
24. 24.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) palette
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) navy blue
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) lilac

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