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