Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 794 · 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: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light blue
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) pink
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
15. 15.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
16. 16.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) palette
21. 21.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
23. 23.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) bottle green
27. 27.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) pink
31. 31.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
33. 33.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
36. 36.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False

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