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