Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 484 · 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 black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) pink
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) light green
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark green
13. 13.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
27. 27.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.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
30. 30.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) light blue
32. 32.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) maroon
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) light green
35. 35.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) sky blue
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark red
40. 40.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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