Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 383 · 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.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
2. 2.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
6. 6.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
8. 8.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
11. 11.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) maroon
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) navy blue
15. 15.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) light green
20. 20.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
21. 21.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light green
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
29. 29.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
32. 32.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) dark green (d) bottle green
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) maroon
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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