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Mixing Colours

Red and blue make purple! Paint blobs to mix, and the colour wheel facts every young artist should know.

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The questions

  1. 1

    What colour do red and yellow make?

    • Brown
    • Green
    • Orange
    • Purple

    Answer: Orange

  2. 2

    What colour do blue and yellow make?

    • Green
    • Grey
    • Orange
    • Purple

    Answer: Green

  3. 3

    What colour do red and blue make?

    • Green
    • Orange
    • Pink
    • Purple

    Answer: Purple

  4. 4

    What colour do red and white make?

    • Grey
    • Orange
    • Pink
    • Purple

    Answer: Pink

  5. 5

    What colour do black and white make?

    • Blue
    • Brown
    • Grey
    • Pink

    Answer: Grey

  6. 6

    What colour do blue and white make?

    • Dark blue
    • Grey
    • Light blue
    • Purple

    Answer: Light blue

  7. 7

    What colour do yellow and white make?

    • Dark yellow
    • Green
    • Light yellow
    • Orange

    Answer: Light yellow

  8. 8

    What colour do green and red make?

    • Brown
    • Grey
    • Purple
    • Yellow

    Answer: Brown

  9. 9

    What are the three primary colours in paint?

    • Black, white and grey
    • Orange, green and purple
    • Red, green and blue
    • Red, yellow and blue

    Answer: Red, yellow and blue

  10. 10

    What are the three secondary colours?

    • Black, white and pink
    • Brown, grey and gold
    • Orange, green and purple
    • Red, yellow and blue

    Answer: Orange, green and purple

  11. 11

    What do you add to make a colour lighter?

    • Black
    • Brown
    • Green
    • White

    Answer: White

  12. 12

    What do you add to make a colour darker?

    • Black
    • Pink
    • White
    • Yellow

    Answer: Black

  13. 13

    Which colours are "warm" colours?

    • Black and white
    • Blue, green and purple
    • Grey and silver
    • Red, orange and yellow

    Answer: Red, orange and yellow

  14. 14

    Which colours are "cool" colours?

    • Blue, green and purple
    • Brown and pink
    • Gold and silver
    • Red, orange and yellow

    Answer: Blue, green and purple

  15. 15

    What do we call colours opposite each other on the colour wheel?

    • Complementary colours
    • Neutral colours
    • Pastel colours
    • Primary colours

    Answer: Complementary colours

  16. 16

    What is the opposite of red on the colour wheel?

    • It's blue
    • It's green
    • It's orange
    • It's yellow

    Answer: It's green

  17. 17

    What is the opposite of blue on the colour wheel?

    • It's green
    • It's orange
    • It's purple
    • It's red

    Answer: It's orange

  18. 18

    What do we call a very light, soft colour like baby pink?

    • A dark colour
    • A metal colour
    • A neon colour
    • A pastel colour

    Answer: A pastel colour

  19. 19

    What tool do artists use to mix paint?

    • A canvas
    • A palette
    • A pencil sharpener
    • A ruler

    Answer: A palette

  20. 20

    What do you see when sunlight shines through rain?

    • A cloud
    • A rainbow
    • A shadow
    • Fog

    Answer: A rainbow