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