Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 844 · 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 lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) lilac
4. 4.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) light green (d) dark red
6. 6.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark red (d) pink
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark red (d) dark purple
13. 13.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
17. 17.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) lilac
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) pink
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) maroon
26. 26.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
30. 30.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
31. 31.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark green
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) light blue
36. 36.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) maroon (d) light blue
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink

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