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