Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 487 · 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.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) bottle green
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) pink (d) dark purple
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark green
12. 12.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
15. 15.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
18. 18.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
19. 19.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) dark red
23. 23.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) maroon
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) light green
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light green
32. 32.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark green
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) light green (d) bottle green
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) light blue
38. 38.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) navy blue
40. 40.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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