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