Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 921 · 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: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) light blue
6. 6.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
20. 20.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) sky blue
25. 25.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) light green
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
29. 29.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark purple
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
32. 32.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
37. 37.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) light blue
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark purple
40. 40.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green

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