Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 643 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) sky blue
2. 2.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
7. 7.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) lilac
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark purple
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark green
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) light green
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
18. 18.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
23. 23.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
27. 27.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) pink
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) light green
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) light blue
37. 37.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
40. 40.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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