Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 472 · 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 shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) lilac
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) dark red
7. 7.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) bottle green
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) pink
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) maroon
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) sky blue
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark purple
35. 35.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
36. 36.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) light green

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