Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 851 · 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 maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) light blue
7. 7.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) light blue
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) light blue
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
17. 17.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) maroon (d) lilac
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
20. 20.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark green
23. 23.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
28. 28.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
34. 34.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) bottle green
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark green

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