Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 54 · 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 shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light blue
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
9. 9.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
11. 11.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) lilac
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) lilac
25. 25.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) pink
29. 29.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) pink (d) navy blue
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) dark red
33. 33.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
35. 35.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
38. 38.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
40. 40.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale

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