Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 262 · 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) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) light blue
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
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) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) lilac
6. 6.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) pink (d) light green
10. 10.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
12. 12.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
18. 18.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
19. 19.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) dark red
25. 25.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) pink
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) light green
30. 30.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) lilac
38. 38.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
39. 39.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) dark red

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