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