Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 848 · 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 navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
4. 4.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) pink
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) maroon
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) navy blue
23. 23.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pink
31. 31.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) lilac
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) pink (d) light green
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) light blue
38. 38.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False

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