Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 45 · 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 tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
6. 6.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark purple
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) pink (d) light blue
12. 12.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark purple
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) light green
20. 20.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
21. 21.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark purple
23. 23.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) light green (d) bottle green
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) bottle green
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) light blue
39. 39.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) sky blue

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