Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 925 · 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) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark green
2. 2.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
3. 3.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
6. 6.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) lilac
8. 8.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
16. 16.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) maroon
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
28. 28.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light green
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
38. 38.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) maroon
40. 40.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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