Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 407 · 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) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) light green
3. 3.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
4. 4.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) maroon
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
8. 8.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) pink
12. 12.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
18. 18.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
22. 22.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark purple
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) navy blue
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark purple
31. 31.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
37. 37.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
40. 40.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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