Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 617 · 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.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
4. 4.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) sky blue
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) light blue
7. 7.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) light green (d) sky blue
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
14. 14.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) dark purple
16. 16.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) light green (d) dark purple
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
21. 21.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark red
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
37. 37.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) maroon
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) light blue
40. 40.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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