Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 659 · 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) lilac (b) light green (c) dark red (d) light blue
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) water to black
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
9. 9.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) dark green (d) dark purple
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
15. 15.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) bottle green
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) light green
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) maroon
20. 20.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) bottle green
23. 23.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark purple
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) lilac
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) maroon
31. 31.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) light blue
36. 36.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
37. 37.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
40. 40.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue

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