Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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