Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 815 · 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 darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) bottle green
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) light blue
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
14. 14.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
18. 18.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
20. 20.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
23. 23.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
25. 25.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark purple
33. 33.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) light blue (d) lilac
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark green
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) navy blue
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) maroon
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark red

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