Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 400 · 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: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark red
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
5. 5.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) light green
11. 11.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) dark purple
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
15. 15.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) pink (d) light green
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
24. 24.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) navy blue
28. 28.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) light blue
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) lilac
35. 35.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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