Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 527 · 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.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
5. 5.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) bottle green
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) maroon (d) pink
10. 10.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) lilac
13. 13.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) bottle green
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) navy blue
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) navy blue
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
22. 22.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) navy blue
26. 26.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) dark green
32. 32.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
39. 39.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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