Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 820 · 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 shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) lilac (d) pink
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) light blue
19. 19.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) dark red (d) dark green
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) light green
28. 28.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light green (d) navy blue
30. 30.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
35. 35.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light green (d) navy blue
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False

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