Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 700 · 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.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark red
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) pale yellow
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) lilac
18. 18.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) maroon
21. 21.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) light blue
26. 26.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark green
28. 28.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark red
32. 32.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
33. 33.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
36. 36.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black

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