Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 48 · 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.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) light green
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) light blue
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark green (d) dark red
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) lilac (d) dark green
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark purple
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) pink
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) navy blue
22. 22.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark green
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) light blue
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) sky blue
29. 29.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) dark green
33. 33.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) light green
35. 35.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
36. 36.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue

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