Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 623 · 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 make a tint? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) pink
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
5. 5.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark red (d) lilac
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) maroon
11. 11.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
18. 18.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) lilac
21. 21.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) light green
23. 23.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) horizon line
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) pink
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) light blue
27. 27.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) sky blue
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light green
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
33. 33.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) lilac
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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