Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 507 · 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 pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) pink
7. 7.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
10. 10.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) light green (d) pale yellow
12. 12.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light green
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) colour wheel
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) lilac
22. 22.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) pink
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) dark red
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) lilac
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark green
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black

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