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