Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 365 · 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 green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light green
3. 3.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
7. 7.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
11. 11.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) light blue
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pink
16. 16.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
17. 17.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) pale yellow
22. 22.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) dark purple
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) dark purple
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) sky blue
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) pink
30. 30.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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