Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 649 · 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 white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) dark red
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) light green
6. 6.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
7. 7.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
14. 14.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) pink
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) maroon
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) bottle green
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
29. 29.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) dark green
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark red
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
40. 40.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line

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