Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 80 · 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.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pink
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark purple
4. 4.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) maroon
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light green
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) maroon
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) lilac
12. 12.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) maroon
14. 14.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
31. 31.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
35. 35.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line

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