Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 990 · 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 shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) sky blue
2. 2.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) palette
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
5. 5.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
7. 7.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
11. 11.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) bottle green
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) sky blue
16. 16.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
17. 17.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
18. 18.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) pink (d) pale yellow
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) light green
22. 22.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark purple
26. 26.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark purple
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) light blue (d) maroon
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) lilac
35. 35.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) lilac (d) bottle green
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) sky blue
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True

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