Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 295 · 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) dark purple (c) light green (d) light blue
2. 2.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
4. 4.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
9. 9.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark green (d) light blue
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) maroon
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) maroon
22. 22.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) light blue
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) pink
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) lilac
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
35. 35.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) light green
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) pink

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