Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 432 · 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 purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) dark green
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
6. 6.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) maroon
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) light green
11. 11.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) bottle green
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
18. 18.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
21. 21.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) palette
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) light blue
31. 31.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) maroon
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white

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