Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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