Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 907 · 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) sky blue (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) lilac
2. 2.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
6. 6.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
12. 12.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
13. 13.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
14. 14.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) pink
16. 16.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) bottle green
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) pink
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) pink
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
34. 34.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
36. 36.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True

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