Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 652 · 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) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
5. 5.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
9. 9.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
15. 15.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
17. 17.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
19. 19.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) light blue
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) bottle green
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) sky blue
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white

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