Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 601 · 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 darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
3. 3.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pink (d) navy blue
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark green
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) navy blue
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
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) bottle green (b) dark green (c) pink (d) dark red
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) light blue
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) lilac
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) lilac
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) light blue
34. 34.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pink
36. 36.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark purple
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) light blue

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