Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 619 · 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 red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) pink
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) navy blue
12. 12.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
15. 15.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark red
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark purple
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark red
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
28. 28.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) light green
32. 32.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
36. 36.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) light blue
38. 38.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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