Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 644 · 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 of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) light green
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pink
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
12. 12.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) light blue
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) light blue
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
19. 19.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) maroon
23. 23.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) bottle green
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
29. 29.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
31. 31.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
36. 36.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark green
40. 40.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone

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