Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 642 · 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.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark green
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) navy blue
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
16. 16.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
17. 17.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
19. 19.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) dark red
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) pink
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light green (d) bottle green
36. 36.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white

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