Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 901 · 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.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
9. 9.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) light green
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pink
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark green
22. 22.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) maroon
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
26. 26.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) light blue
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) dark green
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) pink
34. 34.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) pink
38. 38.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False

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