Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 206 · 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.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
3. 3.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
4. 4.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) navy blue
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
9. 9.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) light green
15. 15.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
16. 16.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
22. 22.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) lilac
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark purple
27. 27.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
31. 31.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
33. 33.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) light green
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) maroon
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) navy blue

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