Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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