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