Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 893 · 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 make a tint. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
6. 6.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pink
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) light green
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) dark green (d) bottle green
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
23. 23.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) light green
25. 25.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
26. 26.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) navy blue
29. 29.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
36. 36.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) black to colour
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) sky blue

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