Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 486 · 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) dark green (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark purple
6. 6.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark red
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
10. 10.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
11. 11.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) pink
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
14. 14.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark green
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) maroon (d) navy blue
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) navy blue
26. 26.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) navy blue
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) navy blue
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light blue
34. 34.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pink
36. 36.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
37. 37.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black

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