Free PDF Mixing Primary Colour Paint Combinations

Mixing Primary Paint Colours to get Secondary Colours: 

There are 3 primary colours - red, blue and yellow. 

No combination of other shades can create primary colours, however all primaries can be mixed in various combinations to make more colours (hues).

Kids at an early age are usually only interested in mixing primary colours to create secondary ones, and mixing secondary colours to create tertiary.

Basic Primary Colour Combinations:
Red + Blue = Violet (Purple)
Blue + Yellow = Green
Yellow + Red = Orange

Have at the look of an example colour wheel above:

Basic Secondary Combinations:

This is what happens when you mix a primary colour with a secondary colour.

Red + Orange = Red-Orange 
Yellow + Green = Yellow-Green (Leaf)
Blue + Violet (Purple) = Blue-Violet  
Red + Violet (Purple) = Red-Violet (Purple)
Orange + Yellow = Deep Yellow 
Blue + Green = Blue-Green 

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Free PDF Colour mixing worksheet 

FRee PDF colour mixing worksheet

Download this free PDF colour coded work sheet to learn the very basics of colour mixing in the classroom.  If you print this two page mixing guide in colour and laminate it.  You can use it over and over again by washing the page off each time you use it.