Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 75 · 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: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
2. 2.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark green
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) light green (d) maroon
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) maroon
12. 12.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) bottle green
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark green
15. 15.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pink

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