Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 93 · 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.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
3. 3.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) pink
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
11. 11.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pink
13. 13.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
14. 14.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark green (d) sky blue
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
17. 17.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
19. 19.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
21. 21.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) water to black
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) dark red (d) light blue
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) light green
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark red
26. 26.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) pink
29. 29.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) navy blue
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) maroon
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True

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