Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 873 · 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 light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
6. 6.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) navy blue
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) maroon
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) light green
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark red
16. 16.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
18. 18.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) pink
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark red (d) lilac
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
27. 27.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
28. 28.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
32. 32.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) pink
37. 37.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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