Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 882 · 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.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
3. 3.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
5. 5.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
11. 11.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark green
13. 13.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) sky blue
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) light blue
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) lilac
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) pink
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
31. 31.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
32. 32.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
35. 35.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) light green (d) sky blue
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True

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