Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 44 · 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.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
2. 2.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) lilac
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
6. 6.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
9. 9.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
11. 11.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) lilac
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
25. 25.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) palette
26. 26.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
28. 28.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) maroon (d) navy blue
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) maroon
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
40. 40.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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