Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 214 · 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 bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) navy blue
5. 5.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) bottle green
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
14. 14.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) dark green
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) light blue
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) lilac
25. 25.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) pink
28. 28.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
29. 29.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) pink
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) pink
32. 32.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
33. 33.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) navy blue
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) sky blue
38. 38.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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