Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 376 · 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) light green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) bottle green
2. 2.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) dark red (d) dark green
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) pink
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark red
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) dark green
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) light green
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pink
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark purple
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light green
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
28. 28.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) sky blue
32. 32.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
40. 40.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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