Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 270 · 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 paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark red
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
8. 8.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
9. 9.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
13. 13.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
14. 14.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) dark red
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
30. 30.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
39. 39.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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