Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 137 · 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: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) lilac
3. 3.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
4. 4.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pink
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) dark red (d) pink
10. 10.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) pink
17. 17.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) dark green
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
24. 24.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) pink
28. 28.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
29. 29.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) pink
33. 33.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) pink
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) light blue
39. 39.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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