Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 466 · 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 darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) dark green
4. 4.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
5. 5.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) maroon
15. 15.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) pink
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark green
20. 20.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) water to black
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) light green
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) light green
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) lilac
24. 24.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
29. 29.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) light blue
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pink
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False

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