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