Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 591 · 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 paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
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.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) maroon
7. 7.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) maroon
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) sky blue
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark green
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) maroon
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) pink (d) sky blue
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
19. 19.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) lilac
21. 21.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
22. 22.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark red
33. 33.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) dark red

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