Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 446 · 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 red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) sky blue
6. 6.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) dark purple
9. 9.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) pink
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) light blue
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
20. 20.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) dark red (d) pink
24. 24.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) sky blue
30. 30.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
33. 33.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
35. 35.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True

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