Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 714 · 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 pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
3. 3.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) bottle green
10. 10.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pink
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
14. 14.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) navy blue
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) lilac (d) sky blue
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) pink (d) light green
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
34. 34.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) dark red
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) bottle green
39. 39.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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