Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 551 · 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 tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) navy blue
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) bottle green
8. 8.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) light green
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
20. 20.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark green (d) sky blue
22. 22.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
23. 23.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
26. 26.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) sky blue
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) pink
34. 34.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
38. 38.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
39. 39.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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