Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 52 · 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 is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) maroon
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) light green
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) lilac
11. 11.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) navy blue
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) pink
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) lilac
18. 18.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
22. 22.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
23. 23.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) lilac
25. 25.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
36. 36.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) maroon
38. 38.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
39. 39.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) navy blue

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