Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 595 · 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.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
3. 3.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) light blue
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) navy blue
9. 9.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
10. 10.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) lilac
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
20. 20.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) pink
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) lilac
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) lilac
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) pink
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
35. 35.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) light blue
40. 40.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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