Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 568 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark green
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) lilac
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark green
5. 5.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
7. 7.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
9. 9.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light green
16. 16.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) horizon line
23. 23.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) black to colour
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) sky blue
25. 25.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) pink (d) dark purple
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) pink
29. 29.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
31. 31.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) light blue
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
36. 36.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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