Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 558 · 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) pink (b) light green (c) light blue (d) bottle green
2. 2.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark red
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
7. 7.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) bottle green
9. 9.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
13. 13.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
21. 21.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) pink
24. 24.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) pink
31. 31.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
32. 32.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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