Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 252 · 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) pink (b) dark green (c) light green (d) lilac
2. 2.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark red
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) bottle green
6. 6.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) light blue
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
11. 11.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) lilac
14. 14.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
20. 20.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) pink
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
28. 28.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) lilac
33. 33.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
38. 38.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True

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