Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 671 · 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.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) light green (d) pale yellow
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) pink
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) pink
13. 13.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
15. 15.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
20. 20.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) maroon
24. 24.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
25. 25.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) lilac
27. 27.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
28. 28.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
31. 31.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pink
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
38. 38.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) navy blue
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False

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