Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 963 · 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.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
2. 2.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) maroon
4. 4.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark red
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) lilac
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
14. 14.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
18. 18.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) dark red
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) sky blue
30. 30.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
33. 33.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
34. 34.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light green
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) lilac
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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