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