Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 926 · 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: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) dark green
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark purple
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
9. 9.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) dark red
14. 14.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) dark green (d) dark red
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
26. 26.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) light green
34. 34.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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