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