Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 438 · 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 paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
3. 3.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
5. 5.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
6. 6.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) pink
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
15. 15.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
19. 19.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
26. 26.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) light blue (d) lilac
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) pink
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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