Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 655 · 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.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) dark green
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
8. 8.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) dark red
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
17. 17.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark purple
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark purple
24. 24.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) sky blue
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) bottle green
28. 28.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark green
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) lilac
34. 34.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) black to colour
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark purple

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