Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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