Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 177 · 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 pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
7. 7.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) sky blue
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pink
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
12. 12.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
13. 13.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
14. 14.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
17. 17.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
23. 23.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) light blue
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
30. 30.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
36. 36.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark purple
38. 38.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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