Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 740 · 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) navy blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark purple
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) maroon
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pink
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) light green (d) light blue
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) light green (d) lilac
13. 13.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark green
17. 17.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) lilac
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
23. 23.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) light green (d) sky blue
29. 29.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) pink
32. 32.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
33. 33.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
34. 34.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
37. 37.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) light blue (d) bottle green

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