Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 814 · 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.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
2. 2.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
4. 4.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) maroon (d) light blue
9. 9.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
11. 11.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) navy blue
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
15. 15.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) maroon
18. 18.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
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
23. 23.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) light green (d) pink
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) lilac (d) navy blue
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) light green
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) dark green
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) lilac
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
38. 38.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False

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