Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 747 · 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) light green (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) light green
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
5. 5.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark purple
10. 10.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) light blue
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
16. 16.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) pink
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
21. 21.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
26. 26.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) lilac
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light blue
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) sky blue
31. 31.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) colour wheel
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (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) maroon (b) dark green (c) light green (d) dark purple
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) light green (d) light blue
37. 37.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) navy blue
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) dark red
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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