Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 791 · 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 blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
6. 6.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
7. 7.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pink
11. 11.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark red
14. 14.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
17. 17.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) light green
22. 22.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
26. 26.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pink
30. 30.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) maroon
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) sky blue
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac

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