Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 680 · 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.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
16. 16.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
17. 17.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
27. 27.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) pink (d) dark green
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) navy blue
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True

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