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