Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 553 · 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 white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
6. 6.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
9. 9.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
13. 13.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) pink
17. 17.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) lilac (d) bottle green
25. 25.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
29. 29.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) light green (d) navy blue
36. 36.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
38. 38.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
40. 40.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line

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