Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 908 · 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 darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
2. 2.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) pink (d) navy blue
4. 4.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) light green (d) navy blue
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) pink
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) light green (d) sky blue
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
14. 14.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) colour wheel
17. 17.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
22. 22.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) pink
24. 24.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
31. 31.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
38. 38.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
40. 40.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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