Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 788 · 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) dark red (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pink
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) maroon
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) pink
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) dark green
12. 12.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
14. 14.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) palette
15. 15.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
29. 29.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) maroon
31. 31.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) black to colour
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) dark green
34. 34.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) lilac
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) light blue
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
40. 40.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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