Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 521 · 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) light blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) lilac
5. 5.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
8. 8.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) lilac
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
12. 12.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) dark purple
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) bottle green
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light green
19. 19.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
21. 21.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) light green
26. 26.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) light green
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True

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