Paint Mixing Activities: Text Version

Paint Mixing Activities: text version

1. Are you ready

There is a short quiz to take before you start. You can access the text version of this quiz in the section ‘Are you ready?’ on the page that you came from.

2. Tools of the trade

In the next few sections, you will be asked to create colours by mixing paint. For each question write down the number of litres of each colour of paint you would use.

3. Start your apprenticeship

Question litres of red litres of litres of blue paint yellow paint paint My favourite colour can be created by mixing 1 Litre of red paint with 2 litres of blue paint. How would you create 6 litres of this colour? How would you create 9 litres of this colour? We have just found out that we can create this colour by mixing:

1 Litre of red paint with 2 litres of blue paint or

2 litres of red paint with 4 litres of blue paint or

3 litres of red paint with 6 litres of blue paint.

We can summarise this by saying:

When we mix paints to form this colour we must use

2 litres of blue paint for every Litre of red paint.

Let's see how this works...

Suppose that a mixture of this colour included 10 litres of red paint. How many litres of blue paint would we need?

Try one more...

What if a mixture of this colour included 12 litres of blue paint.

How many litres of red paint would we need? My second favourite colour can be created by mixing 3 litres of red paint with 2 litres of yellow paint. How would you create 10 litres of this colour? How would you create 15 litres of this colour? We have just found out that we can create this colour by mixing:

3 litres of red paint with 2 litres of yellow paint or

6 litres of red paint with 4 litres of yellow paint or

9 litres of red paint with 6 litres of yellow paint.

We can summarise this by saying:

When we mix paints to form this colour we must use

3 litres of red paint for every 2 litres of yellow paint. Let's see how this works...

Suppose that a mixture of this colour included 10 litres of yellow paint.

How many litres of red paint would we need? Try one more...

What if a mixture of this colour included 18 litres of red paint?

How many litres of yellow paint would we need? To create 7 litres of Paula’s favourite colour we would use 4 litres of blue paint and 3 litres of yellow paint.

Create 21 litres of this colour. To create Mikey’s favourite colour, red and blue paints were mixed together in the ratio 5:1. Create 6 litres of this colour. Now create 18 litres of Mikey’s colour. Veronica’s favourite colour is created by mixing red and yellow paints in the ratio 1:4.

Create a mixture of this colour that includes 5 litres of red paint. Abdul’s colour is created by mixing yellow and blue paints in the ratio 3:2.

Create 20 litres of this colour.

4. Work experience

Practice what you have learnt with these questions.

Question litres of red litres of litres of blue paint yellow paint paint A certain colour can be created by mixing yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 1.

Create this colour, using exactly 4 litres of blue paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 2.

Create this colour, using exactly 6 litres of yellow paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing yellow and red paint in the ratio 3 : 1.

Create this colour, using exactly 6 litres of yellow paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing blue and red paint in the ratio 3 : 2.

Create this colour, using exactly 10 litres of red paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 1. Create 8 litres of this colour A certain colour can be created by mixing yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 4.

Create 20 litres of this colour A certain colour can be created by mixing yellow and blue paint in the ratio 3 : 4.

Create 14 litres of this colour A certain colour can be created by mixing yellow and blue paint in the ratio 3 : 5.

Create 24 litres of this colour A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 1: 1

Create this colour, using exactly 4 litres of blue paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 2: 2

Create this colour, using exactly 2 litres of red paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 3 : 1: 3

Create this colour, using exactly 4 litres of yellow paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 2: 4

Create this colour, using exactly 6 litres of yellow paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 2 : 3: 4

Create 12 litres of this colour. A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 3: 3 Create 14 litres of this colour. A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 2 : 1: 3

Create 24 litres of this colour. A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 3 : 2: 4

5. Ready to earn!

Here are a set of questions that can test your understanding of ratios.

Create this colour, using exactly 5 litres of blue paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing blue and red paint in the ratio 1 : 2.

Create this colour, using exactly 4litres of red paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing yellow and blue paint in the ratio 2 : 1.

Create 24 litres of this colour A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 1: 1

Create this colour, using exactly 4 litres of blue paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing red and blue paint in the ratio 2 : 5

6. Don’t knock of early! Try these extra questions if you have finished early.

Create this colour, using exactly 1.5 litres of blue paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 2.

Create this colour, using exactly 4.5 litres of yellow paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing yellow and red paint in the ratio 3 : 1.

Create this colour, using exactly 5 litres of yellow paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing blue and red paint in the ratio 3 : 2.

Create this colour, using exactly 3 litres of red paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 1.

Create 3.2 litres of this colour A certain colour can be created by mixing yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 4.

Create 2.4 litres of this colour A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 1: 1

Create this colour, using exactly 0.6 litres of blue paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 2: 2

Create this colour, using exactly 7.8 litres of red paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 3 : 1: 3

Create this colour, using exactly 0.4 litres of yellow paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 2: 4

Create this colour, using exactly 0.5 litres of yellow paint. A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 2 : 3: 4

Create 1.2 litres of this colour. A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 1 : 3: 3

Create 1.4 litres of this colour. A certain colour can be created by mixing red, yellow and blue paint in the ratio 2 : 1: 3