Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 862 · 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.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) navy blue
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) dark red
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) pink
9. 9.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
10. 10.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark green
12. 12.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
14. 14.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) dark purple
18. 18.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark purple
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) dark green (d) dark purple
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
40. 40.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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