Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 842 · 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 pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
4. 4.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) light green
10. 10.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
11. 11.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) dark red
13. 13.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
20. 20.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
21. 21.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) maroon
31. 31.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) pink
35. 35.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark green
39. 39.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
40. 40.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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