Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 999 · 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.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
2. 2.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) pink (d) maroon
4. 4.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pink
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) maroon
14. 14.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) maroon
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
29. 29.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) dark red
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True

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