Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 729 · 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 red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) light blue
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
9. 9.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pink
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
20. 20.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) sky blue
24. 24.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
30. 30.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) pink
36. 36.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) lilac
39. 39.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark purple

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