Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 895 · 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 tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) lilac
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
4. 4.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark red
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) bottle green
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) pink (d) maroon
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
21. 21.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) sky blue
25. 25.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) water to black
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) light green
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) light blue
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
30. 30.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
35. 35.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) pink
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) light blue
39. 39.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light blue

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