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