Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 781 · 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 paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
4. 4.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) light green
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
11. 11.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) palette
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) light green
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark red
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) light green
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) sky blue
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) dark red
21. 21.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark purple
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
29. 29.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
30. 30.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) lilac
32. 32.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
37. 37.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
39. 39.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True

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