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