Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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