Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 311 · 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 make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) sky blue
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) light green
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) dark green
14. 14.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) maroon
21. 21.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
22. 22.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) maroon
35. 35.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) maroon
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) pink (d) light blue
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True

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