Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 628 · 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: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) bottle green
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
9. 9.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
11. 11.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) bottle green
18. 18.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) navy blue
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) light green (d) light blue
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) light green
24. 24.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light green
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) light blue
28. 28.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) bottle green
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark green
32. 32.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
34. 34.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
35. 35.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light green
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) lilac
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black

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