Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 314 · 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 tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) dark purple
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) light green (d) maroon
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pink
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) navy blue
15. 15.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark red (d) lilac
17. 17.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) light green
20. 20.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
22. 22.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark purple
33. 33.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) maroon
38. 38.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True

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