Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 833 · 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: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark red
11. 11.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
14. 14.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) dark purple
19. 19.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
23. 23.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) light green
25. 25.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
31. 31.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
39. 39.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black

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