Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 674 · 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 maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) bottle green
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) bottle green
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) bottle green
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) dark red
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) dark purple
19. 19.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
23. 23.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) pink
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
30. 30.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) light green (d) bottle green
32. 32.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) maroon
38. 38.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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