Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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