Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 525 · 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 shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) pale yellow
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark green
3. 3.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) pink
9. 9.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
11. 11.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) light blue
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark green
20. 20.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
24. 24.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
32. 32.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
36. 36.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) navy blue

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