Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 411 · 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.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
3. 3.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) sky blue
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
8. 8.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) water to black
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark purple
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) lilac (d) light blue
20. 20.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
21. 21.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
22. 22.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) maroon
26. 26.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark red
29. 29.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Is pale yellow 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) white (b) black
32. 32.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
34. 34.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white

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