Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 449 · 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: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) maroon
4. 4.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) pink
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) light green (d) sky blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark green
13. 13.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pink
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) light green (d) sky blue
31. 31.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
32. 32.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
36. 36.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
38. 38.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) light green

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