Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 480 · 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 shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) maroon (d) navy blue
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) dark red
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark red
20. 20.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
24. 24.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) light green
29. 29.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) navy blue
31. 31.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
32. 32.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
38. 38.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black

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