Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 911 · 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: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
8. 8.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) bottle green
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark green
14. 14.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) light green
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pink
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
21. 21.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) light green
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark purple
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) dark green
34. 34.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
36. 36.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False

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