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