Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 245 · 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: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) lilac
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) dark green (d) dark purple
8. 8.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
9. 9.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) light green
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) navy blue
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
18. 18.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) pink (d) navy blue
21. 21.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) light green (d) maroon
24. 24.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) navy blue
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
30. 30.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) pink
32. 32.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True

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