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