Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 708 · 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 shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) maroon
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) dark green (d) navy blue
10. 10.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
21. 21.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) dark red
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) maroon
29. 29.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
30. 30.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) palette
31. 31.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark green
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) dark green (d) navy blue

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