Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 150 · 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: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) dark red (d) light blue
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) water to black
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) pink
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) maroon
10. 10.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) bottle green
14. 14.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
19. 19.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) sky blue
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) pink (d) lilac
28. 28.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) lilac
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) light blue
32. 32.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
34. 34.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
36. 36.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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