Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 280 · 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 the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark purple
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) colour wheel
5. 5.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) maroon
7. 7.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
9. 9.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
17. 17.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) maroon
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) light green
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) light green

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