Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 778 · 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: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) dark green
9. 9.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) light green (d) pink
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) sky blue
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
18. 18.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) light green
21. 21.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) water to black
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
26. 26.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) light green
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) light blue
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pink
32. 32.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
34. 34.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) dark green (d) dark red
40. 40.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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