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Mixed colours

Mixed colours.

darken the colour

paintbox

to lighten

colour(Br),color(Am)

primary colours

secondary colours

to paint

painting

to mix

mixed

I would like to

I want to

red

blue

yellow

mauve

orange

green

white

black

grey(Br) or gray(Am)

pink

brown

light blue

dark green

*The primary colours are red,yellow and blue.

*The secondary colours are mauve,orange and green.

*White is not a colour.It contains every colour.White represents the light.It can be used in painting to lighten colours.

*Black is not a colour either. Black represents the absence of colour. It can be used in painting to darken the colours.

*If you don't have a lot of different colours when you want to paint,you can mix colours and then you will obtain some missing colours.

red+yellow=orange

red+blue=mauve

yellow+blue=green

red+green=brown

black+white=grey

red+white=pink

colour+white-> lighter

colour+black-> darker

->Read and find correct mixed colours for every painting I would like to do.

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1. I want to paint a pig but I don't have pink colour.I will mix black and greenblack and white.blue and black.blue and white.red and bluered and greenred and white.yellow and blueyellow and red I don't know

2. I want to paint a frog but I don't have green colour.I will mix black and greenblack and white.blue and black.blue and white.red and bluered and greenred and white.yellow and blueyellow and red I don't know

3. I want to paint a bear but I don't have brown colour.I will mix black and greenblack and white.blue and black.blue and white.red and bluered and greenred and white.yellow and blueyellow and red I don't know

4. I want to paint a clementine but I don't have orange colour.I will mix black and greenblack and white.blue and black.blue and white.red and bluered and greenred and white.yellow and blueyellow and red I don't know

5. I want to paint a mauve flower but I don't have mauve colour.I will mix black and greenblack and white.blue and black.blue and white.red and bluered and greenred and white.yellow and blueyellow and red I don't know

6. I want to paint an elephant but I don't have grey colour.I will mix black and greenblack and white.blue and black.blue and white.red and bluered and greenred and white.yellow and blueyellow and red I don't know

7. I want to paint the sky but I don't have light blue colour.I will mix black and greenblack and white.blue and black.blue and white.red and bluered and greenred and white.yellow and blueyellow and red I don't know

8. I want to paint a dark blue suit but I don't have dark blue colour.I will mix black and greenblack and white.blue and black.blue and white.red and bluered and greenred and white.yellow and blueyellow and red I don't know

9. I want to paint dark green leaves but I don't have dark green colour.I will mix black and greenblack and white.blue and black.blue and white.red and bluered and greenred and white.yellow and blueyellow and red I don't know