Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 182 · 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) lilac (b) dark purple
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
6. 6.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
14. 14.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) sky blue
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark red
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
28. 28.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) bottle green
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) bottle green
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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