Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 227 · 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 maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) pink
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) bottle green
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
21. 21.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) pink
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) light green
30. 30.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) light green
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) dark green
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark green
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
37. 37.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white

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