Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 431 · 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) pink (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) light blue
3. 3.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) dark green
5. 5.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) lilac
15. 15.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) pink (d) sky blue
19. 19.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark red
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) light green
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
27. 27.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) navy 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) light green
38. 38.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade

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