Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 167 · 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 lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
2. 2.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) water to black
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) navy blue
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) pink (d) light blue
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
13. 13.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
14. 14.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
15. 15.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) maroon
22. 22.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
26. 26.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) dark green
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) pink
31. 31.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
32. 32.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) light green
35. 35.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark red
37. 37.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
39. 39.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) pink (d) lilac

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