Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 793 · 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) navy blue (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) light blue
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) light green (d) lilac
7. 7.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) navy blue
12. 12.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
16. 16.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark green
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark purple
31. 31.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
33. 33.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) light blue
36. 36.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
39. 39.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
40. 40.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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