Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 715 · 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.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) dark purple
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark red
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) light blue
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) dark green
9. 9.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) pink (d) navy blue
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
16. 16.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) light blue
18. 18.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
19. 19.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) maroon
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) maroon
26. 26.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
27. 27.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
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 shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) light blue
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) light blue
31. 31.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) light green
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) light blue
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark red
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) palette
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) light green

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