Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 128 · 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 blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark green (d) dark purple
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) light blue
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) pink
14. 14.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark purple
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) light blue
21. 21.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) light green
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) light blue
27. 27.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) lilac
30. 30.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
34. 34.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) black to colour
35. 35.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) light green
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) pink (d) light blue
40. 40.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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