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