Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 439 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) pink
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) light green
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) pink
9. 9.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) light green (d) pale yellow
12. 12.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) black to colour
15. 15.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) dark red
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) lilac
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) light green
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) navy blue
24. 24.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) pink
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
36. 36.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (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: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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