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