Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 410 · 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 the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) navy blue
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
4. 4.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
7. 7.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) maroon
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) light blue
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) bottle green
11. 11.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
14. 14.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) lilac
17. 17.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) maroon (d) sky blue
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark purple
32. 32.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) sky blue

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