Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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