Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 997 · 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.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) pink (d) pale yellow
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark red
11. 11.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) maroon
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) light blue
16. 16.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) light green
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark green
22. 22.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) dark purple
25. 25.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) light green
28. 28.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
32. 32.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
37. 37.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) sky blue
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark purple

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