Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 916 · 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 blue (c) dark purple (d) lilac
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) sky blue
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark red (d) lilac
4. 4.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
7. 7.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) dark green
10. 10.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
11. 11.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark purple
13. 13.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) light green
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) light green
25. 25.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark green
29. 29.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) pink (d) light blue
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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