Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 291 · 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 paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) bottle green
12. 12.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark purple
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
20. 20.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
28. 28.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark green
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
36. 36.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line

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