Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 85 · 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.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
2. 2.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) water to black
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) lilac
7. 7.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) lilac
9. 9.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) pink
12. 12.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) dark red
14. 14.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) bottle green
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) bottle green
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark purple
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark green
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) bottle green
31. 31.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) bottle green
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) light green
35. 35.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) light green

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