Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 226 · 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: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) palette
3. 3.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) maroon
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) pink
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) bottle green
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) pink
9. 9.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) lilac
13. 13.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) pink
17. 17.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
20. 20.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) water to black
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) pink
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) lilac
27. 27.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) light green
32. 32.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) light green
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon

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