Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 364 · 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) dark green (d) light blue
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) pink
9. 9.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) dark red
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) bottle green
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
19. 19.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) light blue
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) light green (d) dark purple
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) maroon
26. 26.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) lilac
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) dark purple
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
40. 40.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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