Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 482 · 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: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) light green
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) light blue
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark red
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) pink
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) light blue
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) sky blue
18. 18.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
20. 20.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) light green
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark red
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) maroon
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) navy blue
25. 25.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) maroon
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True

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