Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 707 · 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: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) dark green
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark purple
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) dark green
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark purple
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) light green
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light blue
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
25. 25.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
26. 26.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
29. 29.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) pink
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
39. 39.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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