Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 55 · 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) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) pink
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) light green (d) maroon
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) maroon
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) lilac
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.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
21. 21.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
22. 22.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) navy blue
25. 25.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) pink
29. 29.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) light green
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark red
39. 39.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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