Colour Mixing Worksheet for Kids
Artist's tip (Name the parents): Two primaries make a secondary: red + yellow = orange, blue + yellow = green, red + blue = purple. A primary + its neighbouring secondary make a tertiary: red + orange = red-orange, blue + green = blue-green. White lightens: red + white = pink, blue + white = light blue; black + white = grey. All three primaries together make brown.
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- 1.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
- 2.True or false: mixing red and purple paint makes red-purple. (a) False (b) True
- 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make light blue? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and white (c) blue and red (d) red and purple
- 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make red-orange? (a) red and purple (b) orange and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and green
- 5.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
- 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make yellow-green? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) orange and yellow
- 7.🎨 Mix blue and green paint. Which colour do you get? (a) light blue (b) red-orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
- 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make grey? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and green (c) white and black (d) yellow and green
- 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) orange and red (d) green and blue
- 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make light blue? (a) white and black (b) white and blue (c) orange and red (d) red and purple
- 11.🎨 Mixing red, yellow and blue paint together usually makes… (a) brown (b) pink (c) white (d) light green
- 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make yellow-orange? (a) blue and purple (b) white and red (c) red and blue (d) orange and yellow
- 13.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) pink (d) blue-green
- 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make yellow-orange? (a) yellow and orange (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and green (d) red and purple
- 15.🖌️ What should you do before dipping your brush into a new colour? (a) throw it away (b) add black (c) dry the paper (d) rinse the brush
- 16.Which of these is NOT a tertiary colour? (a) red-orange (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) blue-green
- 17.True or false: mixing yellow and orange paint makes yellow-orange. (a) True (b) False
- 18.🎨 Your green paint looks too blue. What should you add? (a) more yellow (b) more blue (c) black (d) more water
- 19.Which two paint colours mixed together make grey? (a) orange and yellow (b) blue and white (c) blue and red (d) black and white
- 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make yellow-green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and green (c) blue and white (d) blue and yellow
- 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) red and yellow (d) blue and green
- 22.🎨 Mix blue and purple paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
- 23.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) pink (c) blue-purple (d) purple
- 24.🎨 Mixing a primary colour with the secondary colour next to it on the wheel makes a… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) primary colour
- 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make blue-purple? (a) white and black (b) blue and purple (c) orange and red (d) red and orange
- 26.🎨 Mix purple and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) grey (c) blue-purple (d) pink
- 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) white and red (c) purple and red (d) yellow and red
- 28.True or false: mixing yellow and orange paint makes yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
- 29.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make blue-green? (a) blue and green (b) blue and white (c) yellow and green (d) yellow and blue
- 31.🎨 Mix green and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) red-purple (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
- 32.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) blue-purple (b) green (c) red-orange (d) grey
- 33.🎨 Mix blue and white paint. Which colour do you get? (a) light blue (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) pink
- 34.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) pink (c) purple (d) blue-purple
- 35.🎨 Mix orange and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) grey
- 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make blue-purple? (a) purple and blue (b) yellow and orange (c) purple and red (d) blue and red
- 37.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) blue-purple (c) pink (d) red-purple
- 38.True or false: mixing blue and green paint makes blue-green. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎨 Mix black and white paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) grey (c) blue-green (d) yellow-orange
- 40.🎨 Mix orange and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) grey (d) red-orange
Answer key
- False
- True
- blue and white
- red and orange
- False
- green and yellow
- blue-green
- white and black
- red and blue
- white and blue
- brown
- orange and yellow
- green
- yellow and orange
- rinse the brush
- orange
- True
- more yellow
- black and white
- yellow and green
- red and yellow
- blue-purple
- purple
- tertiary colour
- blue and purple
- blue-purple
- yellow and red
- False
- True
- blue and green
- blue-green
- green
- light blue
- purple
- yellow-orange
- purple and blue
- orange
- True
- grey
- red-orange
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