Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 762 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
2. 2.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) pink (d) lilac
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
5. 5.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
8. 8.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
16. 16.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
20. 20.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light blue
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) pink
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) lilac
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) light blue
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
37. 37.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
39. 39.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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