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