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