Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 684 · 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.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
2. 2.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) light green (d) navy blue
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) dark green
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
9. 9.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
10. 10.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) light blue
13. 13.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
16. 16.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) dark red
20. 20.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) light green (d) pale yellow
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
26. 26.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark green
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) lilac
33. 33.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) maroon
35. 35.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
39. 39.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True

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