Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 903 · 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: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
5. 5.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) black to colour
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark green
10. 10.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark red (d) light blue
14. 14.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
16. 16.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) light green
18. 18.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) pink
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) pink
27. 27.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) light green (d) light blue
30. 30.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) light green
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark red
36. 36.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) maroon
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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