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.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
- 2.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) red
- 4.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
- 5.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
- 6.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
- 7.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
- 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
- 9.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
- 10.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 12.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
- 13.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
- 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
- 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
- 16.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
- 17.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
- 18.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
- 19.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
- 20.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
- 21.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
- 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
- 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
- 24.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 25.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
- 26.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
- 27.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) blue (d) yellow
- 29.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 31.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
- 33.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
- 35.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
- 36.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
- 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
- 38.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
- 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
- 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
Answer key
- blue
- primary colour
- red
- True
- True
- green
- False
- red
- green
- False
- primary colour
- orange
- the primary colours
- green
- blue
- yellow
- False
- False
- orange
- purple
- 3
- red and blue
- yellow
- secondary colour
- True
- True
- primary colour
- green
- False
- False
- secondary colour
- blue and yellow
- False
- red
- 2
- 3
- red
- purple
- orange
- orange
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