Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 800 · 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.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) navy blue
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) pink
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
11. 11.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) pink
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark green
15. 15.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
19. 19.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
22. 22.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pink
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) pink
30. 30.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
34. 34.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
35. 35.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) dark red

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