Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 792 · 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 pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) maroon
7. 7.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) navy blue
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
12. 12.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) light green
14. 14.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
18. 18.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.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
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
24. 24.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark green
26. 26.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) light blue
30. 30.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark red
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) light blue
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) sky blue
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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