Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 82 · 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: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
7. 7.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) light green
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) light blue
17. 17.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) dark red
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) dark green (d) maroon
20. 20.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
22. 22.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) bottle green
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) light green
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) pink (d) light blue
32. 32.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
33. 33.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True

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