Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 476 · 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.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
4. 4.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) light blue
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) pink
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) maroon
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
34. 34.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) lilac
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
40. 40.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale

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