Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet
Artist's tip (Two make one): Primary colours: red, yellow, blue — they cannot be mixed from other paints. Secondary colours: orange = red + yellow, green = blue + yellow, purple = red + blue. To find a missing colour, ask: which two primaries are inside this secondary colour?
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- 1.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
- 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) red
- 3.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
- 5.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
- 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
- 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
- 8.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 11.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
- 12.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 13.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) black and white (d) two primary colours
- 14.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
- 15.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
- 16.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
- 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
- 18.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
- 20.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
- 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
- 22.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
- 23.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
- 25.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
- 26.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
- 27.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
- 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) blue
- 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
- 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
- 31.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
- 32.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
- 33.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
- 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
- 36.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
- 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and red (d) blue and yellow
Answer key
- False
- red
- False
- purple
- purple
- red
- yellow
- False
- False
- primary colour
- green
- secondary colour
- two primary colours
- False
- True
- green
- blue
- primary colour
- red
- True
- red
- False
- green
- yellow
- False
- purple
- blue
- blue
- red and yellow
- yellow
- 3
- blue
- False
- True
- red
- True
- False
- orange
- red
- blue and yellow
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