Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 178 · 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: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
4. 4.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) light blue
8. 8.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) dark green
10. 10.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) lilac
12. 12.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) lilac
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) dark red
20. 20.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) navy blue
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) dark green (d) maroon
25. 25.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) light blue
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) light blue
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark purple

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