Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 790 · 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: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
4. 4.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
12. 12.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) lilac
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) light blue
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) light blue
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark green
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) pink
22. 22.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark green
24. 24.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) maroon
27. 27.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
28. 28.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
29. 29.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) pale yellow
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark green
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) light green
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True

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