Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 635 · 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.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) light blue
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) lilac
10. 10.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) light blue
12. 12.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
14. 14.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) pink
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark purple
24. 24.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) maroon
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) dark red (d) dark green
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) pink
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) lilac
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark purple
38. 38.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark purple

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