Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 834 · 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.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
2. 2.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
4. 4.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
12. 12.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) navy blue
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) sky blue
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light green
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pink
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pink
20. 20.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light green
24. 24.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) maroon
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) maroon

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