Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 556 · 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) dark green (c) bottle green (d) dark red
2. 2.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark purple
7. 7.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pink
12. 12.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pink
14. 14.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) dark red
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pink
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) light green
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) pink
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) dark green
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
37. 37.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue

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