Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 713 · 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.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
2. 2.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark red
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) pink (d) dark purple
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) dark green (d) navy blue
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) pink
7. 7.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) maroon
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) navy blue
19. 19.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
20. 20.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) light blue (d) sky blue
26. 26.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
30. 30.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) light green
32. 32.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
33. 33.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
34. 34.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True

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