Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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