Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 905 · 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) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) pink
2. 2.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) maroon
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) dark red
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
13. 13.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
14. 14.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark purple
18. 18.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
20. 20.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) dark green
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) navy blue
31. 31.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) maroon
37. 37.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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