Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 537 · 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 darker. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
4. 4.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) pink
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) maroon
8. 8.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
13. 13.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
21. 21.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) palette
22. 22.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) lilac
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) light blue
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) maroon
33. 33.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
37. 37.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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