Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 609 · 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: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
3. 3.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) pink
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
13. 13.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) lilac
16. 16.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
18. 18.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
25. 25.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) light green
30. 30.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
31. 31.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) light blue
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
40. 40.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade

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