Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 847 · 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.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
3. 3.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) dark purple
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
13. 13.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
14. 14.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
15. 15.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
16. 16.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) pink
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark purple
24. 24.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) dark green
28. 28.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) bottle green
30. 30.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
36. 36.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) dark green
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) dark purple

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