Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 70 · 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.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) dark green
6. 6.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) light blue
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) light blue
18. 18.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
19. 19.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) light green (d) sky blue
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
31. 31.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) lilac
33. 33.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) light green
35. 35.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon

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