Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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