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