Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 467 · 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 colour darker? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
7. 7.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light green (d) maroon
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) lilac
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
15. 15.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) lilac
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) light blue
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
29. 29.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) light green
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) maroon
33. 33.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
38. 38.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark purple

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