Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 728 · 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 paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
6. 6.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
17. 17.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) light blue
25. 25.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark green
28. 28.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) light blue
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) dark red
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) navy blue
35. 35.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.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
38. 38.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green

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