Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 540 · 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.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
2. 2.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) light blue
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) light blue
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark red
9. 9.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) bottle green
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark purple
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) dark green
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) bottle green
24. 24.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark green
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) pink
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) pink (d) light green
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True

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