Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 529 · 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.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) light green
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) light green
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark purple
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) lilac
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) pink (d) navy blue
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark red (d) sky blue
26. 26.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) bottle green
28. 28.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pink
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) dark red (d) pink
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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