Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 685 · 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.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
3. 3.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
8. 8.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) bottle green
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) lilac
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) bottle green
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
20. 20.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
22. 22.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) pink
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is sky blue 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.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) pink
39. 39.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black

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