Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 65 · 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.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
2. 2.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) navy blue
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light green
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) light green
22. 22.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) dark green
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) lilac
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
38. 38.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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