Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 532 · 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 maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
4. 4.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) light green
7. 7.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) light blue
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
10. 10.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
11. 11.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) lilac
15. 15.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) light blue
21. 21.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
23. 23.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) navy blue
25. 25.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) maroon
28. 28.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) light blue
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
39. 39.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False

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