Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 343 · 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 lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) light blue (d) sky blue
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) lilac
4. 4.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
6. 6.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
10. 10.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) dark red
13. 13.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
17. 17.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) bottle green
19. 19.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
21. 21.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
28. 28.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
30. 30.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) palette
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) light blue
38. 38.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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