Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 360 · 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 of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) pale yellow
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark green
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
21. 21.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
22. 22.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) pink
24. 24.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) pink (d) light blue
27. 27.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
36. 36.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) pale yellow

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