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