Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 524 · 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) lilac (b) dark purple
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) navy blue
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
4. 4.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) light green
7. 7.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) dark green
13. 13.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) pink (d) dark green
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) dark purple
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark purple
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) sky blue
23. 23.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) lilac
25. 25.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) sky blue
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light green
32. 32.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
33. 33.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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