Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 491 · 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 black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) maroon (d) bottle green
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) pale yellow
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) colour wheel
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) lilac
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pink
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) bottle green
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) dark green
19. 19.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) dark green
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) navy blue
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) sky blue
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
29. 29.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
30. 30.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
34. 34.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pink
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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