Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 811 · 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 lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
2. 2.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
6. 6.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
9. 9.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
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light blue
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark green
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
17. 17.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark green (d) dark red
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) navy blue
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) bottle green
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) lilac
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark red (d) light blue
31. 31.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light blue
37. 37.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark green
40. 40.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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