Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 512 · 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 lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) navy blue
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) maroon
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) bottle green
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) light green
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) light blue
7. 7.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) sky blue
11. 11.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark green
14. 14.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
16. 16.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) light blue
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark red
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) pink
26. 26.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
37. 37.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
39. 39.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False

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