Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 768 · 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.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) light green
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
5. 5.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) dark green
7. 7.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
8. 8.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
12. 12.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
17. 17.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark purple
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) pink (d) sky blue
32. 32.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green

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