Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 429 · 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 blue (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) sky blue
3. 3.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) dark green
5. 5.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) light green (d) pale yellow
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) black to colour
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) dark red
12. 12.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) sky blue
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) lilac
15. 15.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
21. 21.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) bottle green
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light green
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) light blue
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pink (d) bottle green
32. 32.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) light green
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) maroon (d) sky blue

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