Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 287 · 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) navy blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
2. 2.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark purple
5. 5.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) maroon
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) dark green
10. 10.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
11. 11.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) light green
22. 22.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) light green
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) pink
29. 29.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark purple
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) light blue
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
39. 39.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) maroon

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