Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 105 · 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 black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
6. 6.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) water to black
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) light blue
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) dark red
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) pink
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
21. 21.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) maroon
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) lilac (d) dark green
32. 32.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) dark green
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark green
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

Free art and painting lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/art-for-kids