Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 661 · 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 dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark green
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) sky blue
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) light blue
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
19. 19.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) lilac (d) dark green
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) light blue
29. 29.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) maroon
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) maroon
36. 36.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
38. 38.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) lilac
40. 40.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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