Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 681 · 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 maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) dark purple
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) lilac
11. 11.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) dark red
13. 13.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
17. 17.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
20. 20.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
22. 22.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) navy blue
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark green (d) light green
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) light green (d) navy blue
35. 35.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
36. 36.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) light blue
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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