Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 828 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) lilac
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) palette
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark red
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) bottle green
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) light green
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) lilac
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) navy blue
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light blue
34. 34.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
35. 35.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
36. 36.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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