Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 101 · 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) dark red (b) pink (c) light blue (d) lilac
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark green
11. 11.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) dark red
15. 15.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) light green
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
23. 23.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
24. 24.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
35. 35.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) light green
38. 38.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark purple

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