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