Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 620 · 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: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) light green
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light green
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) light blue
18. 18.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) bottle green
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) maroon
24. 24.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) pink
28. 28.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) lilac
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) pink (d) sky blue

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