Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 196 · 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 sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) navy blue
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) light blue
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) dark green
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) light green
10. 10.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) maroon
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark red
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
17. 17.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
19. 19.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) light blue
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark purple
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark red
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) light green
32. 32.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
34. 34.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) pink
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark purple
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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