Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 917 · 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: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
4. 4.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) dark red
6. 6.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) dark red
8. 8.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
10. 10.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) light blue
12. 12.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) pink
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
26. 26.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) light green (d) bottle green
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pink
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark green
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark red

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