Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 500 · 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.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) dark green
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) bottle green
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) maroon
5. 5.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) pink
12. 12.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
17. 17.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark purple
21. 21.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) colour wheel
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
26. 26.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
32. 32.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) dark red (d) dark purple
36. 36.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
40. 40.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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