Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 604 · 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: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) pink
5. 5.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) pink (d) light green
8. 8.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark red (d) bottle green
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) light green
12. 12.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) pink
14. 14.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
17. 17.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) dark red
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) sky blue
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) maroon
26. 26.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) lilac
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
39. 39.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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