Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 641 · 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: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) light green
9. 9.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) lilac
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark red
16. 16.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) black to colour
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
18. 18.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) lilac
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark purple
22. 22.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
23. 23.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
33. 33.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) dark red
36. 36.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
39. 39.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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