Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 982 · 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: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark green
8. 8.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.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
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
16. 16.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) pink
21. 21.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) maroon
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark purple
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
37. 37.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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