Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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