Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 920 · 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) light green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) pink
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) pink
3. 3.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.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
7. 7.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
8. 8.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark red
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
18. 18.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) light green
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) lilac
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light blue
23. 23.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
25. 25.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) dark green
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) bottle green
29. 29.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) bottle green
31. 31.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) palette
38. 38.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) pink (d) navy blue

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