Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 51 · 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.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) navy blue
2. 2.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
5. 5.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) black to colour
12. 12.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
14. 14.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) lilac
17. 17.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) colour wheel
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) maroon
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) dark red (d) light blue
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) light blue
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 red (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) maroon
29. 29.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
30. 30.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) maroon (d) navy blue
33. 33.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark purple
37. 37.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True

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