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.🖌️ What should you do before dipping your brush into a new colour? (a) add black (b) dry the paper (c) rinse the brush (d) throw it away
- 2.True or false: mixing purple and blue paint makes blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
- 3.🎨 Mix red and white paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) pink (d) orange
- 4.True or false: mixing orange and yellow paint makes yellow-orange. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: mixing blue and green paint makes yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
- 6.🎨 Mix purple and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) blue-green (b) blue-purple (c) grey (d) light blue
- 7.🎨 Mix yellow and orange paint. Which colour do you get? (a) grey (b) yellow-green (c) pink (d) yellow-orange
- 8.🎨 Mix blue and green paint. Which colour do you get? (a) blue-green (b) orange (c) yellow-green (d) pink
- 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make red-orange? (a) white and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and orange (d) blue and white
- 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make yellow-orange? (a) white and red (b) yellow and orange (c) yellow and blue (d) red and purple
- 11.True or false: mixing purple and red paint makes red-orange. (a) False (b) True
- 12.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes grey. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
- 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and orange (b) blue and purple (c) yellow and red (d) white and black
- 15.🎨 Mixing a primary colour with the secondary colour next to it on the wheel makes a… (a) tertiary colour (b) neutral colour (c) primary colour
- 16.🎨 Mix red and purple paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) light blue (c) red-purple (d) purple
- 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make blue-purple? (a) white and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and purple (d) green and yellow
- 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make yellow-green? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and red (c) yellow and green (d) blue and red
- 19.🎨 Mix yellow and green paint. Which colour do you get? (a) red-purple (b) yellow-orange (c) blue-green (d) yellow-green
- 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make yellow-green? (a) blue and purple (b) purple and blue (c) red and white (d) green and yellow
- 21.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) red-purple (c) yellow-orange (d) orange
- 22.🎨 Your orange paint looks too red. What should you add? (a) black (b) more red (c) blue (d) more yellow
- 23.True or false: mixing blue and green paint makes grey. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make light blue? (a) white and black (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and white
- 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make grey? (a) white and red (b) orange and red (c) black and white (d) orange and yellow
- 26.🎨 Mix white and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) red-purple (c) yellow-green (d) light blue
- 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and white (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and green (d) red and blue
- 28.True or false: mixing purple and red paint makes red-purple. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make light blue? (a) yellow and blue (b) green and blue (c) white and blue (d) black and white
- 30.True or false: mixing white and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
- 31.True or false: mixing red and purple paint makes red-purple. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🎨 Mix green and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow-orange (d) blue-green
- 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make red-purple? (a) red and white (b) purple and red (c) blue and white (d) yellow and blue
- 34.True or false: mixing green and yellow paint makes pink. (a) True (b) False
- 35.True or false: mixing blue and white paint makes light blue. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🎨 Mix white and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) pink (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue-purple
- 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make yellow-orange? (a) orange and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
- 38.🎨 Mix orange and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) green (d) yellow-green
- 39.Which two paint colours mixed together make red-orange? (a) black and white (b) purple and blue (c) yellow and orange (d) orange and red
- 40.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) blue-green (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow-orange
Answer key
- rinse the brush
- True
- pink
- True
- False
- blue-purple
- yellow-orange
- blue-green
- red and orange
- yellow and orange
- False
- False
- True
- yellow and red
- tertiary colour
- red-purple
- blue and purple
- yellow and green
- yellow-green
- green and yellow
- purple
- more yellow
- False
- blue and white
- black and white
- light blue
- red and blue
- True
- white and blue
- False
- True
- blue-green
- purple and red
- False
- True
- pink
- orange and yellow
- yellow-orange
- orange and red
- green
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