Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 614 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) light blue
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) dark red
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
15. 15.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) lilac
17. 17.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
20. 20.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
21. 21.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) maroon
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) maroon
32. 32.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
37. 37.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False

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