Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 447 · 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) light green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) maroon
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) light blue
7. 7.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) maroon
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
12. 12.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
17. 17.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) pink
19. 19.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) dark red
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark red (d) bottle green
22. 22.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) pink
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) sky blue
29. 29.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) light blue
34. 34.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
35. 35.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette

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