Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 243 · 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 lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) light green
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) lilac
8. 8.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark green (d) sky blue
12. 12.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
14. 14.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
17. 17.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
22. 22.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) lilac
28. 28.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) navy blue
33. 33.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
34. 34.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) light green
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) pink
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) light blue
39. 39.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True

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