Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 499 · 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 paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
7. 7.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) dark red
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) pale yellow
13. 13.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
17. 17.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
25. 25.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) light green (d) light blue
27. 27.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
36. 36.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
38. 38.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) dark red

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