Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 830 · 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) tint (b) tone (c) shade
2. 2.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
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) pink
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) dark green
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) light blue
19. 19.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) dark red (d) maroon
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
31. 31.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) sky blue
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) dark red
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac

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