Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 570 · 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 red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
7. 7.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) lilac
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
12. 12.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
26. 26.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) sky blue
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
29. 29.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) dark green (d) dark purple
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark purple
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark red
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True

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