Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 802 · 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 navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) pink
4. 4.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
5. 5.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) light blue
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) lilac
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
14. 14.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) light green
16. 16.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) lilac
24. 24.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) pink (d) maroon
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) navy blue
27. 27.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) dark green
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black

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