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