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