Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 979 · 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: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) lilac
4. 4.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
7. 7.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) lilac
9. 9.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark green
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) dark red
16. 16.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark purple
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
21. 21.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) sky blue
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) maroon
30. 30.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) light blue
34. 34.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) maroon
40. 40.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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