Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 510 · 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: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) palette
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) pale yellow
6. 6.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) pink (d) maroon
8. 8.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) bottle green
12. 12.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
22. 22.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) light blue
27. 27.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) pink
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) navy blue
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) pink
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) pink (d) maroon
36. 36.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white

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