Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 308 · 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 blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) lilac
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
12. 12.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
14. 14.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) light blue
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
19. 19.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) bottle green
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) light green
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) dark red
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
26. 26.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark purple
29. 29.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) lilac
31. 31.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) bottle green
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True

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