Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 211 · 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 shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) light green (d) light blue
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) light blue
13. 13.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) lilac
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) pink
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) lilac
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
19. 19.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light green (d) navy blue
23. 23.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) maroon (d) pink
25. 25.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) bottle green
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) light blue
29. 29.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel

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