Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 127 · 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.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark purple
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
18. 18.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pink
23. 23.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) pink
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) navy blue
31. 31.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
32. 32.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
36. 36.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
39. 39.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark green

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