Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 152 · 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 is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark green
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light green
7. 7.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) maroon
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) light green
18. 18.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
23. 23.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
29. 29.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) navy blue
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light blue
34. 34.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pink
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark purple

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