Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 549 · 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) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) light green
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark green
14. 14.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) maroon
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) maroon
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
20. 20.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) light green
28. 28.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) lilac (d) light blue
30. 30.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) pink
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
33. 33.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
37. 37.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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