Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 73 · 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) lilac (b) dark purple
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
7. 7.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) pink
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pink
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) dark purple
13. 13.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
14. 14.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) dark purple
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) lilac
22. 22.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
24. 24.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) light green
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) lilac (d) bottle green
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
39. 39.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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