Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 370 · 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.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pink
3. 3.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) water to black
4. 4.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
7. 7.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark green
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) dark red
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) sky blue
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) light blue
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
23. 23.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark green
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) pink
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) pink
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) dark red
33. 33.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) dark green
36. 36.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) lilac

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