Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 86 · 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 shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark purple
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark green
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) bottle green
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) light green (d) maroon
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light green
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light green
28. 28.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) lilac
31. 31.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) light green
35. 35.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True

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