Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 49 · 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) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) lilac
4. 4.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark purple
6. 6.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
7. 7.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
9. 9.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
12. 12.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
14. 14.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
18. 18.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) light blue
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pink
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) dark red
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) light green
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) dark red
32. 32.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) dark red
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False

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