Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 975 · 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 of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) pink (d) sky blue
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) light green (d) lilac
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
11. 11.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
16. 16.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) bottle green
23. 23.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark green
26. 26.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) dark green (d) dark purple
31. 31.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
35. 35.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) dark red
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) light blue
39. 39.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False

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