Color Mixing Fun: A Primary and Secondary Colors Worksheet

How to use this worksheet

Have your child color the primary color circles first, using red, yellow, and blue as shown on the worksheet. Talk about where two primary colors overlap or sit next to each other, and ask your child to predict what new color might form when they mix. Have them color the secondary color spaces to show the resulting mixed color. Review the whole page together, naming each primary and secondary color pair.

Materials needed

• Crayons or colored pencils

Extension activities

• •Create a color wheel showing all six primary and secondary colors in order.
• •Paint with only the three primary colors and see what secondary colors your child can make by mixing.
• •Use colored water or food coloring to physically mix two primary colors and watch the new color form.
• •Go on a color hunt around the house, finding objects that match each secondary color.

Tips for parents and teachers

Encourage children to experiment with different color combinations rather than only following the worksheet's exact pairs, since hands-on trial and error is where the color-mixing concept really clicks. Discuss the concept of primary and secondary colors using simple language, like 'red and yellow make a new color called orange.' If your child is surprised by a mixing result, let that surprise fuel more experimentation rather than moving on too quickly.