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