Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 912 · 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 green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) sky blue
4. 4.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light green
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) navy blue
8. 8.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) light blue
15. 15.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) maroon
18. 18.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
19. 19.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) pink (d) lilac
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) maroon
25. 25.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
26. 26.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
27. 27.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
29. 29.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
31. 31.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark green
33. 33.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
37. 37.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark green

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