Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 780 · 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 blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark red
2. 2.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.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
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) light blue
9. 9.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
11. 11.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) maroon
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) bottle green
21. 21.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) pink
26. 26.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) pink (d) light blue
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) light green
33. 33.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) light blue (d) light green
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pink (d) bottle green
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark green
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) navy blue
39. 39.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black

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