Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 991 · 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 darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) lilac
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
6. 6.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
9. 9.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
10. 10.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) navy blue
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark red
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) light green (d) light blue
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
23. 23.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
25. 25.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) light blue
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) navy blue
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) light green
33. 33.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white

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