Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 672 · 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: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
10. 10.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
14. 14.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) light blue
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) light green
20. 20.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) pink
25. 25.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark purple
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
28. 28.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) maroon
32. 32.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) navy blue
35. 35.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) bottle green
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green

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