Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 929 · 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 make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark purple
3. 3.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light green (d) bottle green
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
10. 10.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
11. 11.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) water to black
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
13. 13.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) lilac
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) lilac
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) lilac
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark red
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) pink
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
28. 28.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
32. 32.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False

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