Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 517 · 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.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) bottle green
9. 9.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
12. 12.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
13. 13.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) light green
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) sky blue
31. 31.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.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
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) dark purple

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