Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 711 · 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: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark purple
3. 3.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) light green (d) navy blue
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark red
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
9. 9.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) pink (d) dark purple
11. 11.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) pink
24. 24.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) lilac
27. 27.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) light blue
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) lilac
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
32. 32.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) sky blue
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) light blue
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue

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