Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 981 · 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 dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) lilac
5. 5.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark red
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
8. 8.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
9. 9.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) black to colour
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) maroon
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark green
18. 18.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) maroon
21. 21.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) maroon
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
29. 29.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark red
31. 31.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
38. 38.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white

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