Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 787 · 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.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark red
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark purple
4. 4.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) light green
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pink
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) light green
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) dark green
18. 18.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) light green
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) lilac
24. 24.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) lilac
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) maroon
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light green

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