Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 106 · 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) bottle green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) navy blue
2. 2.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark red
5. 5.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) sky blue
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
10. 10.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) lilac
13. 13.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
14. 14.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark purple
16. 16.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) maroon
23. 23.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) navy blue
25. 25.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) light blue
28. 28.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
29. 29.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
33. 33.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) dark red
36. 36.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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