Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 366 · 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 tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) light blue
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) light green
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) light green
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
8. 8.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) dark red
10. 10.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) light blue
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) sky blue
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) pink (d) light blue
16. 16.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
19. 19.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
23. 23.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark green
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) pink
29. 29.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) dark green
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light green
33. 33.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light blue (d) bottle green
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white

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