Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 957 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark purple
2. 2.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
11. 11.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) light blue
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) light green (d) lilac
19. 19.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
23. 23.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) lilac
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
30. 30.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) light green
33. 33.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark red
36. 36.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) light green (d) pale yellow
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False

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