Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 98 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) dark green (d) bottle green
4. 4.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) sky blue
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) navy blue
13. 13.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) navy blue
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) light green
17. 17.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
21. 21.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) pink
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) dark red
26. 26.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) light green
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) pale yellow
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False

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