Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 735 · 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 dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
3. 3.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
6. 6.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) water to black
9. 9.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) bottle green
12. 12.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) bottle green
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
24. 24.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) lilac (d) maroon
26. 26.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) light green
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pale yellow
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
36. 36.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) dark red
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black

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