Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 663 · 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 pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) pink (d) lilac
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark green
12. 12.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
16. 16.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
17. 17.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark red
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) light blue
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) bottle green
25. 25.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
27. 27.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) lilac
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
39. 39.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) bottle green

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