Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 915 · 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 of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pink (d) bottle green
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) lilac
5. 5.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
6. 6.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) pink
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
9. 9.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark red
11. 11.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark green
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) light blue (d) sky blue
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) sky blue
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) pink
31. 31.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark red
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
35. 35.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
36. 36.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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