Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 257 · 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) lilac (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark red
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) pink
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark green
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) lilac
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) light blue
7. 7.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) light green (d) sky blue
9. 9.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
11. 11.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
21. 21.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
26. 26.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) lilac
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) pink
30. 30.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
37. 37.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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