Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 888 · 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 the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark green
2. 2.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
7. 7.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) bottle green
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) light blue
16. 16.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
17. 17.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
21. 21.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) light green
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) pink
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
28. 28.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pink
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) light blue (d) sky blue
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False

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