Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 305 · 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: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) lilac
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark green
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) pink
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) light green (d) dark red
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
20. 20.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) dark purple
23. 23.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) dark red
29. 29.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
30. 30.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) sky blue
33. 33.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
34. 34.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
35. 35.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) pink
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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