Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 695 · 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.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) lilac
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) maroon
7. 7.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark green
10. 10.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) maroon
12. 12.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) dark purple
14. 14.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) light green
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) light blue
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light green
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
36. 36.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) light green

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