Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 678 · 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: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
2. 2.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) lilac
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) light green (d) maroon
11. 11.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark green (d) lilac
14. 14.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) bottle green
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
18. 18.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
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.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) light blue
23. 23.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) pink
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) light blue
27. 27.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) sky blue
29. 29.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark green (d) pink
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) pink (d) navy blue
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) sky blue
38. 38.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True

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