Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 611 · 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 shade? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
11. 11.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
14. 14.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) colour wheel
15. 15.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark green
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) dark red
24. 24.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) maroon
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) dark green
29. 29.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) lilac
35. 35.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
39. 39.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) lilac

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