Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 42 · 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 paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) maroon
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pink
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark purple
9. 9.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) maroon
11. 11.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
21. 21.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
23. 23.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) light green (d) sky blue
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pink
30. 30.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) sky blue
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark red (d) lilac
36. 36.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) pink

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