Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 807 · 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) pink (d) dark red
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) dark red
6. 6.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) light green
8. 8.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
14. 14.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) pink
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) pink
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
36. 36.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) bottle green
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark green

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