Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 519 · 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.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) lilac (d) maroon
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) lilac
5. 5.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark red
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
9. 9.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
11. 11.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) pink
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
20. 20.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
22. 22.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
25. 25.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) lilac
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) pink
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark purple

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