Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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