Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 687 · 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: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
3. 3.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) pink
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
19. 19.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) water to black
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) sky blue
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) pink (d) light green
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) light blue
29. 29.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) lilac
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) pink
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) bottle green

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