Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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