Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 690 · 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) bottle green (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) navy blue
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) light green
10. 10.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark green (d) dark red
12. 12.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) light blue
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark red
16. 16.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) pink
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) sky blue
25. 25.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
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 purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
30. 30.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
35. 35.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) maroon
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False

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