Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 122 · 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 paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
3. 3.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
4. 4.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) dark green
11. 11.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pink
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark green
16. 16.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light blue
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
29. 29.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
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 shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark red
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
36. 36.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
38. 38.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) light green

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