Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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