Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 130 · 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 the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pink
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) lilac
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) sky blue
14. 14.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
17. 17.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
21. 21.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) sky blue
24. 24.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark purple
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) light green
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) dark red
36. 36.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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