Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 942 · 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) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) lilac
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) dark red
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) maroon
4. 4.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) light blue
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark red
9. 9.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark green
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) pink
12. 12.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) lilac
14. 14.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) light green
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark red
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
23. 23.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) maroon
25. 25.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pale yellow
34. 34.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) pale yellow
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) dark red
37. 37.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
39. 39.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True

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