Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 134 · 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) pink (c) light blue (d) light green
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
5. 5.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) maroon
8. 8.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) navy blue
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark red
12. 12.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
15. 15.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) pink
23. 23.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) pink
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) pink
26. 26.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark green
30. 30.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) maroon
32. 32.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) maroon
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark purple
37. 37.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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