Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 602 · 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: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) dark green
20. 20.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) lilac
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark purple
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) dark green
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
29. 29.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pink
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
38. 38.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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