Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 564 · 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.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) sky blue
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) light blue
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark red
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) palette
15. 15.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
16. 16.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark purple
26. 26.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
28. 28.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) light blue
31. 31.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white

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