Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 151 · 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.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) pale yellow
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark purple
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) pink
7. 7.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) lilac
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) pink (d) maroon
12. 12.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
18. 18.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
24. 24.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark red
28. 28.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark purple
31. 31.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
34. 34.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
37. 37.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
38. 38.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) pale yellow

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