Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 821 · 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: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.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
3. 3.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
5. 5.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
6. 6.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
7. 7.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) maroon
17. 17.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) lilac
19. 19.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) lilac
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) navy blue
23. 23.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
27. 27.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
28. 28.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) maroon
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) navy blue
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) lilac
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) pink
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) dark purple

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