Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 248 · 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 white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) sky blue
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark green
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light green (d) navy blue
20. 20.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) pink
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
23. 23.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) dark red
26. 26.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
28. 28.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) dark purple
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
33. 33.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
34. 34.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) sky blue
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) lilac (d) maroon
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white

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