Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 398 · 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) dark purple (b) lilac
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
3. 3.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) dark purple
7. 7.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) lilac
9. 9.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) lilac
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) dark purple
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) light green
15. 15.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) dark red
23. 23.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) sky blue
25. 25.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) maroon
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) bottle green
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) sky blue
35. 35.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark red
38. 38.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) light green (d) navy blue

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