Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 884 · 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.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
4. 4.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pink
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) sky blue
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
11. 11.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) navy blue
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
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 purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) bottle green
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) pink
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) light green (d) bottle green
23. 23.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
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 blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
30. 30.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
34. 34.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
40. 40.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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