Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 593 · 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 paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) lilac
4. 4.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
6. 6.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) lilac
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) light green
9. 9.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark red
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) light green (d) navy blue
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) bottle green
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) maroon
20. 20.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
21. 21.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) maroon
25. 25.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) navy blue
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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