Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 819 · 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) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
4. 4.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) lilac
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) pink (d) pale yellow
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) light blue
10. 10.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) dark red
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) lilac
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
27. 27.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
30. 30.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) maroon
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) pink
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
34. 34.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) pale yellow
37. 37.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
38. 38.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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