Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 574 · 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.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light green
3. 3.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
4. 4.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) lilac
6. 6.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
8. 8.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
14. 14.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) maroon
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) palette
19. 19.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark green
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) pink
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
27. 27.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) pink
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark red (d) light blue
34. 34.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
36. 36.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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