Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 216 · 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.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
5. 5.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) sky blue
10. 10.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
12. 12.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) bottle green
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
19. 19.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
24. 24.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) maroon
26. 26.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark red
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) dark red (d) lilac
36. 36.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white

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