Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 69 · 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 the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) navy blue
2. 2.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
5. 5.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) navy blue
7. 7.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
9. 9.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) dark red (d) dark green
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
14. 14.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) sky blue
16. 16.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) light blue
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) bottle green
24. 24.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark green
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) dark green
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
32. 32.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) maroon (d) light blue
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) lilac
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white

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