Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 765 · 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) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) pink
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) light blue
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) pink
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) sky blue
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) maroon
17. 17.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) maroon
20. 20.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
25. 25.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) palette
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) pink
27. 27.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) light green
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light green
30. 30.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) pink
40. 40.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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