Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 899 · 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) tint (b) tone (c) shade
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
3. 3.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
6. 6.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) lilac
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
11. 11.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) bottle green
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) light blue
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) light green
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
27. 27.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
30. 30.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) dark red
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark red
34. 34.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) pink
36. 36.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light blue
38. 38.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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