Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 427 · 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 paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
5. 5.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
6. 6.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
8. 8.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark green
10. 10.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
15. 15.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark green
19. 19.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) light blue
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) light blue
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) light green
35. 35.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
38. 38.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) dark green

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