Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 753 · 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: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light green
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
11. 11.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
15. 15.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pink
18. 18.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) maroon
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
24. 24.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) colour wheel
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) pink
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red

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