Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 881 · 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 pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
3. 3.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark red
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
6. 6.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) pink (d) navy blue
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) light green (d) sky blue
16. 16.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) pink
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) dark red
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
24. 24.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
26. 26.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) pink
28. 28.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
31. 31.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark red
35. 35.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) light green
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) dark purple

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