Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 846 · 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.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
5. 5.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) lilac
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light green
11. 11.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) pink
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
16. 16.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark red
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
22. 22.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
27. 27.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
29. 29.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) pink
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
40. 40.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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