Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 273 · 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) dark red (b) dark green (c) light green (d) maroon
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
3. 3.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) light blue
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) pink
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
9. 9.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) sky blue
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) dark purple
17. 17.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
19. 19.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark purple
23. 23.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark green (d) lilac
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) pink
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark red
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
29. 29.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) bottle green
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) light blue
38. 38.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) pale yellow

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