Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 575 · 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 lighter. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) navy blue
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light blue
7. 7.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
12. 12.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
18. 18.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
19. 19.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
36. 36.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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