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 purple and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) blue-green (c) orange (d) red-purple
- 2.🎨 Mix black and white paint. Which colour do you get? (a) red-purple (b) blue-green (c) grey (d) orange
- 3.True or false: mixing yellow and green paint makes yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🎨 Your green paint looks too blue. What should you add? (a) more blue (b) more yellow (c) black (d) more water
- 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make pink? (a) purple and blue (b) white and red (c) blue and purple (d) red and blue
- 6.🎨 Mixing red, yellow and blue paint together usually makes… (a) pink (b) white (c) light green (d) brown
- 7.🎨 Mix white and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) light blue (b) yellow-green (c) yellow-orange (d) pink
- 8.🎨 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
- 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make red-orange? (a) blue and purple (b) orange and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and white
- 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make yellow-green? (a) red and purple (b) yellow and green (c) red and white (d) blue and yellow
- 11.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and white (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) blue and purple
- 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) green and yellow (b) yellow and green (c) red and white (d) yellow and red
- 13.🎨 Mix green and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) yellow-green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red-orange
- 14.True or false: mixing yellow and orange paint makes light blue. (a) True (b) False
- 15.🎨 Mix purple and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) light blue (c) red-orange (d) blue-purple
- 16.True or false: mixing green and yellow paint makes yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
- 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make red-purple? (a) purple and red (b) orange and yellow (c) red and orange (d) blue and white
- 18.🎨 Mix blue and white paint. Which colour do you get? (a) yellow-orange (b) light blue (c) blue-purple (d) purple
- 19.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
- 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) purple and blue (d) blue and yellow
- 21.🎨 Mix red and white paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) pink
- 22.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make yellow-orange? (a) blue and white (b) orange and red (c) white and black (d) yellow and orange
- 24.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) red-orange (b) green (c) grey (d) red-purple
- 25.🎨 Mix red and purple paint. Which colour do you get? (a) pink (b) purple (c) yellow-green (d) red-purple
- 26.True or false: mixing white and black paint makes grey. (a) False (b) True
- 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make grey? (a) red and yellow (b) white and black (c) green and blue (d) white and red
- 28.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) pink (b) yellow-green (c) green (d) blue-green
- 29.True or false: mixing red and purple paint makes red-purple. (a) False (b) True
- 30.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) grey (b) purple (c) blue-purple (d) blue-green
- 31.🎨 Mix yellow and orange paint. Which colour do you get? (a) light blue (b) yellow-orange (c) grey (d) yellow-green
- 32.True or false: mixing red and orange paint makes red-orange. (a) True (b) False
- 33.🎨 Mix white and black paint. Which colour do you get? (a) grey (b) orange (c) blue-purple (d) red-orange
- 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make light blue? (a) white and blue (b) red and purple (c) yellow and red (d) red and orange
- 35.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue-green (d) purple
- 36.True or false: mixing white and red paint makes light blue. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🎨 Your orange paint looks too red. What should you add? (a) more red (b) more yellow (c) black (d) blue
- 38.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🎨 Mix yellow and green paint. Which colour do you get? (a) blue-green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) green
- 40.🖌️ What should you do before dipping your brush into a new colour? (a) add black (b) throw it away (c) dry the paper (d) rinse the brush
Answer key
- red-purple
- grey
- True
- more yellow
- white and red
- brown
- light blue
- tertiary colour
- orange and red
- yellow and green
- blue and red
- yellow and red
- yellow-green
- False
- blue-purple
- True
- purple and red
- light blue
- True
- red and yellow
- pink
- True
- yellow and orange
- green
- red-purple
- True
- white and black
- green
- True
- purple
- yellow-orange
- True
- grey
- white and blue
- orange
- False
- more yellow
- True
- yellow-green
- rinse the brush
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