Colour mixing with paint — Art and painting for kids

Artist's tip

Name the parents — “a mixed colour is named after the colours that made it”

1. Two primaries make a secondary: red + yellow = orange, blue + yellow = green, red + blue = purple.
2. A primary + its neighbouring secondary make a tertiary: red + orange = red-orange, blue + green = blue-green.
3. White lightens: red + white = pink, blue + white = light blue; black + white = grey. All three primaries together make brown.

Use it for: Painting skies, leaves and skin tones, and saving paint by mixing what you need.

Worked example: 🎨 Mix blue and green paint. Which colour do you get? → blue-green

✏️ Practice

Work it out in your head or on paper, type the answer and press Check. Stuck? Press “Show me how”.

🏁 Lesson 2 test

20 questions. Check each answer, then go to the next one. Get 16 or more right to pass.

🏅 Sign in with Google to earn the 🧪 Mixing Maestro badge when you pass — and a certificate when you finish all 8 lessons of Part 1 · Colour. You can still take the test without signing in.

🖨️ Colour Mixing Worksheet for Kids

• Worksheet set 1 (PDF)
• Worksheet set 2 (PDF)
• Worksheet set 3 (PDF)