Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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