Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 135 · 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 colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark purple
12. 12.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) light blue
17. 17.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) light green
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) light blue
28. 28.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
30. 30.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) pink
35. 35.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
39. 39.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink

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