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