Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 202 · 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 light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
4. 4.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) lilac
9. 9.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
12. 12.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark red
16. 16.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) light green (d) sky blue
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) dark red
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) sky blue
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) maroon
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
30. 30.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light blue
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
35. 35.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) dark red
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) pink (d) lilac
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
39. 39.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) horizon line
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light green

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