Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 930 · 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 red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) dark red
3. 3.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) light blue
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
10. 10.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) lilac
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) navy blue
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) bottle green
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
20. 20.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) navy blue
25. 25.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
30. 30.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
31. 31.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
38. 38.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black

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