Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 943 · 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) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) pink
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) maroon
3. 3.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark green
7. 7.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
12. 12.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) dark green
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) bottle green
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) dark red (d) bottle green
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) pink
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark purple
23. 23.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light green
31. 31.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) pink
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) pink
39. 39.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) maroon

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