Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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