Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 416 · 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) lilac (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
2. 2.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) light blue
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
5. 5.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
10. 10.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light blue
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
17. 17.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) navy blue
19. 19.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
20. 20.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark green
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pink
26. 26.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) lilac (d) light blue
34. 34.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
36. 36.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) sky blue
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) lilac
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) navy blue

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