Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 892 · 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 is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
3. 3.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) pink
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) colour wheel
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) pink
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) light green
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
22. 22.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
28. 28.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
31. 31.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
36. 36.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
37. 37.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) sky blue
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple

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