Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 481 · 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.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) bottle green
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) sky blue
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) lilac
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark purple
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark purple
12. 12.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) pink (d) light blue
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
22. 22.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) light green
28. 28.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.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
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) pink (d) light blue
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) sky blue

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