Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 323 · 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) pink (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) bottle green
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
5. 5.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
7. 7.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
8. 8.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
9. 9.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
16. 16.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
19. 19.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
20. 20.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) light green
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) light blue
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) light green
31. 31.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
34. 34.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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