Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 667 · 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 pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark purple
3. 3.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
8. 8.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
11. 11.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
21. 21.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) light blue (d) maroon
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) maroon
26. 26.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) lilac
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) dark purple
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) navy blue
38. 38.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) lilac

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