Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 938 · 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.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark purple
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) maroon
9. 9.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) pink
11. 11.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light blue
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) bottle green
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) light green
28. 28.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) maroon
33. 33.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) dark green
35. 35.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
38. 38.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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