Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 384 · 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) maroon (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) bottle green
2. 2.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark red
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) dark green
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) light blue
11. 11.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
21. 21.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) palette
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light green
25. 25.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) dark purple
30. 30.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) light blue
32. 32.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
33. 33.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pink
40. 40.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone

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