Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 837 · 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.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
5. 5.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) maroon
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
8. 8.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
9. 9.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) pink (d) maroon
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) pink
22. 22.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
25. 25.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
30. 30.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
31. 31.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) maroon
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
37. 37.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white

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