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