Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 60 · 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.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) light green
7. 7.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) bottle green
13. 13.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) pink
19. 19.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
23. 23.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pink
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) maroon (d) lilac
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
33. 33.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pink

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