Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 967 · 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: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light green (d) navy blue
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) pink
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
10. 10.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) water to black
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) lilac
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) maroon (d) lilac
13. 13.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
15. 15.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) bottle green
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light green
22. 22.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light blue
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
27. 27.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) sky blue
32. 32.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) maroon
34. 34.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
35. 35.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True

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