Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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