Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 665 · 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 dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) pink
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) light blue
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
9. 9.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) lilac
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark red
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) light green (d) maroon
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) maroon (d) pink
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) sky blue
26. 26.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) palette
35. 35.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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