Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 277 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
2. 2.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
5. 5.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) lilac
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
12. 12.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) dark green
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark green
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark green
19. 19.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) maroon
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) bottle green
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
27. 27.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
28. 28.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark purple
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
38. 38.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) pink
40. 40.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon

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