Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 944 · 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 tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) maroon
2. 2.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) dark green (d) navy blue
4. 4.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
20. 20.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
21. 21.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark green
23. 23.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark purple
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
29. 29.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) dark red
31. 31.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) maroon
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) light green (d) light blue
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) light green
38. 38.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade

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