Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 850 · 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 bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
3. 3.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) horizon line
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) navy blue
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) light blue
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) light green (d) lilac
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
22. 22.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) maroon
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light green
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark red
34. 34.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) dark purple
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) maroon

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