Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 784 · 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 paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark green
7. 7.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) light green
15. 15.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
18. 18.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) light blue
20. 20.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) maroon
26. 26.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
27. 27.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) light green (d) pink
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) navy blue
33. 33.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) dark green
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black

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