Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 750 · 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.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pink
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
5. 5.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) lilac
7. 7.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark red
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
11. 11.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) sky blue
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
21. 21.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
22. 22.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) pink (d) sky blue
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) dark green
30. 30.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark green
32. 32.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black

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