Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 518 · 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.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
3. 3.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) pink (d) dark purple
9. 9.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
12. 12.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) light blue
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) pink
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) light green (d) pale yellow
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) dark red
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark red
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) dark green
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark red
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) bottle green
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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