Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 978 · 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.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
14. 14.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pink
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) navy blue
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) navy blue
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
28. 28.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark green
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) pink
39. 39.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) water to black
40. 40.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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