Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 147 · 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: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pink
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
10. 10.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) lilac
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) lilac
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
19. 19.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) sky blue
22. 22.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
27. 27.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) bottle green
29. 29.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
33. 33.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) pink
36. 36.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black

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