Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 759 · 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) white (b) black
2. 2.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) light blue
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
6. 6.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
8. 8.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
10. 10.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
13. 13.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) lilac
15. 15.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) lilac
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
31. 31.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark purple
33. 33.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) light green
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) navy blue
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark red

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