Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 721 · 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) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) pink (d) light blue
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
10. 10.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) lilac
12. 12.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
16. 16.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) maroon
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) light blue
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
24. 24.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
27. 27.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) maroon
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
37. 37.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow

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