Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 317 · 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 blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) pink
5. 5.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
6. 6.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light green (d) bottle green
10. 10.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) water to black
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
14. 14.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark red
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) pink
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) maroon
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) light blue
28. 28.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) light blue
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) sky blue
32. 32.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) pink
36. 36.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False

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