Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 817 · 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) sky blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) navy blue
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
6. 6.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
10. 10.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
11. 11.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) lilac
20. 20.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
24. 24.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) maroon
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
33. 33.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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