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