Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 409 · 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 tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light green
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) maroon
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
13. 13.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) light green
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pink (d) navy blue
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
22. 22.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
26. 26.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark red
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark red
30. 30.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) dark red
33. 33.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) bottle green
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) maroon
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white

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