Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 829 · 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.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light green
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light green
6. 6.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark red (d) sky blue
10. 10.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
16. 16.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
17. 17.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
22. 22.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark purple
25. 25.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) maroon
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
34. 34.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
38. 38.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue

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