Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 683 · 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.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) lilac (d) dark purple
5. 5.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
9. 9.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) lilac
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) pink
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark green
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
26. 26.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) sky blue
30. 30.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
31. 31.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) light green
34. 34.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
38. 38.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) dark green (d) pale yellow

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