Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 436 · 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) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) sky blue
2. 2.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) bottle green
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) maroon
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
7. 7.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) light blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
13. 13.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pale yellow
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) lilac
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark purple
23. 23.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
28. 28.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) water to black
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) pink
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
38. 38.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) maroon
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True

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