Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 375 · 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 lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) light blue
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.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
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) lilac
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark green (d) sky blue
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) maroon
21. 21.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) light green (d) sky blue
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) lilac
26. 26.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
27. 27.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) light blue
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
36. 36.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) lilac

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