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