Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 97 · 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 lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) dark purple
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
6. 6.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
7. 7.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) dark green
10. 10.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) pink
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
14. 14.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) light green
17. 17.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark green
20. 20.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
36. 36.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) navy blue
40. 40.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green

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