Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 528 · 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.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) light green
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark purple
8. 8.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
12. 12.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) dark green
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) sky blue
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
19. 19.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
22. 22.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
28. 28.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) sky blue

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