Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 186 · 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) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
2. 2.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark red
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) light green (d) navy blue
10. 10.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
14. 14.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
15. 15.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark purple
20. 20.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) pink
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) light green
26. 26.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) horizon line
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) light green (d) sky blue
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
31. 31.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) dark green
38. 38.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False

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