Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 866 · 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) bottle green (b) light green
2. 2.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) pink
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark green
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) dark red
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
13. 13.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
14. 14.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) pink
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
20. 20.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) lilac
22. 22.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) light blue
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) maroon
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark red
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) lilac
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
37. 37.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) light green

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