Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 995 · 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.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) light blue
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
10. 10.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) pink
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) navy blue
19. 19.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light blue
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) dark red
27. 27.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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