Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 333 · 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 red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
10. 10.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) lilac (d) sky blue
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
19. 19.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) lilac
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pink
23. 23.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) light blue
25. 25.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
27. 27.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark purple
30. 30.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) light blue
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) light green
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
37. 37.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon

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