Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 962 · 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.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
7. 7.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) sky blue
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) pink (d) maroon
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light green
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark purple
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
36. 36.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) palette
39. 39.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True

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