Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 839 · 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 light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) water to black
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light green
6. 6.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) dark green
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) dark purple
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) light blue
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) bottle green
39. 39.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) lilac

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