Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 731 · 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 the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) bottle green
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark red
3. 3.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) pink
6. 6.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) lilac
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark green
11. 11.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
14. 14.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
15. 15.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) pink (d) light green
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark red
20. 20.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) light blue
29. 29.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) lilac
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) navy blue
40. 40.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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