Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 836 · 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) colour wheel (d) horizon line
2. 2.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) lilac
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
6. 6.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) dark green
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) pink
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
13. 13.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light green
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark red
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) light green (d) bottle green
28. 28.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) navy blue
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) pink
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark red

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