Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 818 · 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.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
3. 3.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light blue
7. 7.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
12. 12.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) lilac
14. 14.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
15. 15.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) lilac
17. 17.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) pink
21. 21.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) palette
22. 22.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark red
29. 29.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
37. 37.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) maroon (d) navy blue

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