Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 584 · 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 tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) lilac
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) pink
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) sky blue
5. 5.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) sky blue
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark green
14. 14.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
20. 20.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
22. 22.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) navy blue
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) lilac
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
29. 29.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) palette
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) light green
34. 34.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) maroon (d) navy blue
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
39. 39.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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