Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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