Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 240 · 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.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
16. 16.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) light green
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) light blue (d) dark red
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) pink (d) light blue
27. 27.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) pink (d) dark purple
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
33. 33.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
38. 38.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark red
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True

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