Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 420 · 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: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) pink (d) bottle green
6. 6.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) dark green
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) lilac
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light blue
17. 17.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
20. 20.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light green
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) lilac
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) bottle green
28. 28.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
33. 33.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) lilac
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) maroon
38. 38.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) dark green

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