Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 302 · 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.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
2. 2.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) lilac
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark green
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
11. 11.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) pink
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) navy blue
14. 14.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light green
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
17. 17.True or false: maroon 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) light green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
19. 19.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
21. 21.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
22. 22.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) dark red
26. 26.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
32. 32.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) dark red
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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