Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 461 · 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) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) bottle green
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) sky blue
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) sky blue
6. 6.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark red
15. 15.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light green
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
29. 29.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) pink
31. 31.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark green
33. 33.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) pink
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) pink
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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