Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 297 · 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 of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) light green
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark green
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
9. 9.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
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) pale yellow (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) light blue
14. 14.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light green
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light blue
17. 17.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
18. 18.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) dark green
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) lilac (d) bottle green
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) maroon
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) pink
32. 32.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
39. 39.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue

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