Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 458 · 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: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) dark red
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
5. 5.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pink
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark red
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) dark green
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) maroon
24. 24.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) sky blue
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) navy blue
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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