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