Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 928 · 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: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) navy blue
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
8. 8.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) pink
13. 13.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.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
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
17. 17.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
22. 22.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
24. 24.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) light green
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pink
27. 27.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
28. 28.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) maroon
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) light blue
39. 39.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white

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