Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 464 · 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) maroon (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) dark green
2. 2.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
7. 7.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
10. 10.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) bottle green
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
26. 26.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark purple
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) light blue
32. 32.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) sky blue
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) light green
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) light green (d) navy blue
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
37. 37.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) light green

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