Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 722 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) sky blue
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark red
5. 5.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) pink
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) dark green
14. 14.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
30. 30.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) pink (d) light blue
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) light blue
37. 37.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) light green
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) navy blue
40. 40.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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