Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 502 · 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 tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light green
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
3. 3.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) lilac
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
12. 12.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
16. 16.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) navy blue
24. 24.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) lilac
27. 27.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) bottle green
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light blue
34. 34.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) dark purple
37. 37.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white

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