Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 505 · 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 dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) maroon
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
5. 5.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) light green
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) dark green
12. 12.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
14. 14.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) dark purple
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) dark green
30. 30.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) bottle green
34. 34.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) lilac
36. 36.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white

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