Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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