Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 454 · 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 purple (b) dark red (c) light green (d) navy blue
2. 2.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) lilac
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) maroon
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) sky blue
15. 15.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
20. 20.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
21. 21.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pink
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
33. 33.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True

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