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