Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 88 · 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 white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) light green (d) light blue
3. 3.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
6. 6.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) pink
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
14. 14.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
16. 16.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
17. 17.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
24. 24.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) dark purple
29. 29.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) pink
32. 32.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) pink
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) dark red
37. 37.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black

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