Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 120 · 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 paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) bottle green
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
7. 7.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
10. 10.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) maroon
20. 20.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
21. 21.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) navy blue
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) light green
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) navy blue
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) maroon
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) water to black
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
38. 38.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True

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