Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 718 · 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.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) maroon
3. 3.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) light blue
21. 21.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) dark green
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) light green
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
28. 28.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) maroon
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) light blue
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) maroon

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