Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 71 · 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) light green (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) dark red
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) bottle green
3. 3.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
4. 4.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.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
9. 9.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) maroon
11. 11.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) light green
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) sky blue
20. 20.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) pink (d) maroon
26. 26.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) lilac
29. 29.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) navy blue
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) pink
32. 32.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
36. 36.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) maroon
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark green
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True

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