Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 852 · 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 make a shade. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
5. 5.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) light green
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) maroon
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
13. 13.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) dark red
16. 16.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) horizon line
20. 20.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) pink
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark green
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) lilac
24. 24.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.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
26. 26.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
28. 28.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) light blue (d) dark red
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark green
40. 40.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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