Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 736 · 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) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) navy blue
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark green
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
6. 6.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) navy blue
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) sky blue
12. 12.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
14. 14.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) pink
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) dark green
19. 19.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
22. 22.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) light green
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) dark red
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
39. 39.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False

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