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