Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 658 · 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 shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) light green
4. 4.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark green
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) maroon
7. 7.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) navy blue
9. 9.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
12. 12.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) dark red
17. 17.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) light green (d) lilac
19. 19.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) bottle green
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) light green (d) pale yellow
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
30. 30.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) lilac
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) maroon
39. 39.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False

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