Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 403 · 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: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
3. 3.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) light blue
7. 7.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) dark green (d) dark purple
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) navy blue
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) light green
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) pink (d) light blue
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
21. 21.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) pink
24. 24.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
26. 26.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) pink
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) maroon
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) light blue
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) lilac
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) pink
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.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
40. 40.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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