Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 109 · 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) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light blue
2. 2.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) dark red
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) light green
18. 18.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) palette
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
25. 25.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
30. 30.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
31. 31.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pink
34. 34.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) dark green (d) dark red
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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