Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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