Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 772 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) navy blue
2. 2.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
14. 14.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) lilac
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
20. 20.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
24. 24.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark red
30. 30.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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