Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 247 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) light green
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) navy blue
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) pink (d) sky blue
4. 4.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
5. 5.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) maroon
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) light blue
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark red
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) maroon
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) navy blue
31. 31.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) sky blue
33. 33.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) light green (d) sky blue
36. 36.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) dark red

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