Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 779 · 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 red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark red
4. 4.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pink (d) navy blue
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) sky blue
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark purple
15. 15.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) lilac
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) dark red
18. 18.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) maroon
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) navy blue
28. 28.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
29. 29.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) pink (d) pale yellow
32. 32.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) sky blue
38. 38.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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