Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 764 · 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) pink (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) lilac
8. 8.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
9. 9.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pink
14. 14.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light blue
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) dark green
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
21. 21.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) light green
24. 24.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) lilac
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) pink
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) lilac
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) navy blue

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