Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 470 · 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: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) light green
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark red
5. 5.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light blue
7. 7.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) pink
9. 9.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) pink (d) light green
17. 17.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark green
19. 19.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) dark green
22. 22.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
23. 23.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
24. 24.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
34. 34.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) navy blue
36. 36.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
39. 39.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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