Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 727 · 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 is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
2. 2.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark green
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
5. 5.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
9. 9.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
12. 12.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
18. 18.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
20. 20.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
22. 22.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) dark red
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) light blue
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) lilac
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) bottle green
39. 39.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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