Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 180 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark green
2. 2.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark green
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) lilac
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) bottle green
8. 8.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark purple
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) maroon
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
17. 17.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
24. 24.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) lilac
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
27. 27.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
28. 28.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
34. 34.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) bottle green
40. 40.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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