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