Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 203 · 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 tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) bottle green
2. 2.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
3. 3.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) pink
5. 5.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) maroon
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark green (d) sky blue
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark purple
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) light green
21. 21.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
27. 27.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pink
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) pink
31. 31.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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