Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 859 · 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 pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) dark red (d) dark green
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) navy blue
14. 14.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
18. 18.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
19. 19.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) light blue
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) light green
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) lilac
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) dark red
25. 25.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) pink
29. 29.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pink
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) sky blue
39. 39.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True

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