Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 339 · 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 is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark green
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark red
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
9. 9.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) sky blue
22. 22.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) light green (d) maroon
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark green
34. 34.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) pink (d) pale yellow
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
38. 38.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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