Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 823 · 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 bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) pink (d) dark purple
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
8. 8.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) pink
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) dark red
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) maroon
16. 16.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
17. 17.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) light green
19. 19.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
23. 23.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pink
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) lilac
29. 29.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
37. 37.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
40. 40.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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