Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 931 · 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: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) maroon
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) lilac (d) pink
9. 9.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
12. 12.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) maroon
14. 14.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
21. 21.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pink
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) light green
28. 28.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
30. 30.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
33. 33.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark purple
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark red
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark green
37. 37.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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