Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 808 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) bottle green
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
4. 4.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark green
7. 7.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) light blue
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
16. 16.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
17. 17.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) dark green (d) bottle green
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) navy blue
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
22. 22.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
23. 23.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
27. 27.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pink
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) light blue
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) light green
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) dark red
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark red
35. 35.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) horizon line
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black

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