Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 945 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) lilac
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) pink
3. 3.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light green
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
15. 15.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark green
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) pink
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) maroon (d) navy blue
26. 26.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) dark red
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
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 make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow

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