Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 531 · 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 make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) pink
7. 7.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light green
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) lilac
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) bottle green
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 black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) pink (d) maroon
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) maroon
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pale yellow
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
39. 39.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True

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