Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 205 · 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: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) sky blue
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) maroon
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) sky blue
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pink (d) navy blue
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
15. 15.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
17. 17.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
22. 22.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) pink
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
28. 28.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark purple
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) light blue (d) dark red
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) lilac
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True

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