Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 96 · 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 the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) dark green
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) dark green
4. 4.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) navy blue
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) pink
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
12. 12.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light blue
14. 14.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) dark green
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
18. 18.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) maroon (d) light blue
20. 20.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) dark red
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) light blue
30. 30.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) pink (d) dark purple
32. 32.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white

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