Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 456 · 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.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
3. 3.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) black to colour
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
10. 10.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) maroon
18. 18.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) bottle green
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
25. 25.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark red
29. 29.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) light blue
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
35. 35.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) lilac
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) sky blue
40. 40.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue

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