Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 569 · 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 paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
4. 4.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark purple
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) sky blue
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) pink
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pink
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.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
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) light green
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
24. 24.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) maroon
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) lilac
29. 29.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) maroon (d) lilac
31. 31.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
32. 32.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) maroon
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
35. 35.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light blue
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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