Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 58 · 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 green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) bottle green
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
4. 4.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
7. 7.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) bottle green
14. 14.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
18. 18.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) sky blue
31. 31.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) pink
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) pink
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark green
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green

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