Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 455 · 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) maroon (c) sky blue (d) light blue
2. 2.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
3. 3.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) sky blue
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) dark green
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) bottle green
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) pink
18. 18.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) bottle green
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) dark purple
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black

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