Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 399 · 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) maroon (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) pink
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
3. 3.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) palette
4. 4.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) light green
6. 6.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) light green
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
11. 11.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) sky blue
14. 14.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
15. 15.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
19. 19.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) bottle green
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
33. 33.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False

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