Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 654 · 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 light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) light green
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
7. 7.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark red (d) navy blue
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) light green
12. 12.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
16. 16.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
25. 25.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) light green
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light green
28. 28.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) light blue
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) lilac
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) dark green
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) dark green
34. 34.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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