Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 172 · 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 dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) maroon
8. 8.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark red
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark red
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) dark purple
18. 18.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
22. 22.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
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) lilac (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
25. 25.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) pink
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark purple
32. 32.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) dark red (d) navy blue
38. 38.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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