Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 504 · 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 light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
3. 3.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) light green
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) pink
8. 8.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
19. 19.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark purple
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) pink
23. 23.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
25. 25.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) light blue (d) bottle green
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark purple
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pink
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) pink

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