Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 629 · 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.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark red
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
6. 6.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) light green (d) sky blue
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) pink
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark green
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) light blue
19. 19.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) dark red
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) dark green
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
27. 27.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) dark purple
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) light green
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True

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