Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 743 · 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 lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
5. 5.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
7. 7.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) dark red
13. 13.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
17. 17.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) pink
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) bottle green
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark green
21. 21.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) pink (d) dark red
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) dark red
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
31. 31.🎨 Is dark red 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) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark red
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) dark green
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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