Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 100 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark green
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
18. 18.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) pink
22. 22.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) lilac
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) dark green
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) light blue
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) navy blue
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) navy blue
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
36. 36.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
38. 38.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink

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