Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 826 · 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) dark purple (b) lilac
2. 2.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) lilac
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) navy blue
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark red
14. 14.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
15. 15.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
19. 19.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pink
21. 21.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
23. 23.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
27. 27.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) sky blue
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
31. 31.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) pink
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark green (d) light blue
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) maroon
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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