Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 457 · 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) dark purple (b) pink (c) light blue (d) light green
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
4. 4.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) navy blue
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) bottle green
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) pink
13. 13.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) palette
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) pink
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark purple
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) light green
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) pink (d) sky blue
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) sky blue
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark green
29. 29.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) pink
32. 32.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
33. 33.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) dark green
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green

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