Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 509 · 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 maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pink
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
6. 6.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) dark purple
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark red
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) navy blue
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pink (d) maroon
20. 20.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
24. 24.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) pink
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) bottle green
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
33. 33.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) pink
36. 36.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
38. 38.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white

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