Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 625 · 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.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
2. 2.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
8. 8.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) light green (d) pale yellow
10. 10.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) dark red
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) dark red
21. 21.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
30. 30.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
31. 31.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
32. 32.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) light blue
35. 35.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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