Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 199 · 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.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark green
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark purple
13. 13.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) maroon (d) bottle green
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) dark red
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
21. 21.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
26. 26.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) lilac
28. 28.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
29. 29.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light blue
38. 38.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark red

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