Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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