Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 670 · 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.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) light blue
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) pink (d) sky blue
6. 6.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pink
10. 10.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) lilac
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
18. 18.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light green (d) navy blue
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
23. 23.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light blue
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light green
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark green
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True

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