Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 626 · 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 blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) light green
3. 3.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) sky blue
8. 8.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
14. 14.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
15. 15.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) maroon (d) light blue
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) light blue
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) navy blue
24. 24.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
26. 26.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pink
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark purple
32. 32.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) light blue
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
39. 39.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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