Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 284 · 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 green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light blue
2. 2.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) lilac
6. 6.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
8. 8.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) maroon
10. 10.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) light blue
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
15. 15.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) pink
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) maroon
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) lilac
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark green
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) navy blue
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark green
35. 35.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light green
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) bottle green
39. 39.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False

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