Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 224 · 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.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
2. 2.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
4. 4.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) dark green
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) dark green
12. 12.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
18. 18.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark purple
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) pink
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
26. 26.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) maroon
35. 35.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) maroon
40. 40.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon

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