Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 126 · 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.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark green
6. 6.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) maroon
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) light blue
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) pink (d) dark purple
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) light green (d) light blue
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pink
22. 22.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
26. 26.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark purple
31. 31.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) light green
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) navy blue
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) dark red
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) sky blue

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