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? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
- 2.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
- 4.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
- 5.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) orange (d) red
- 6.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 7.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
- 9.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
- 10.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
- 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
- 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
- 15.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
- 19.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
- 20.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
- 21.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
- 23.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 24.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) red (d) yellow
- 25.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) yellow (d) orange
- 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and blue
- 28.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
- 29.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
- 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
- 31.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
- 32.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
- 33.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 35.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
- 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
- 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and red
- 38.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
- 40.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
Answer key
- yellow
- False
- True
- green
- orange
- False
- False
- purple
- 3
- True
- False
- False
- red
- red
- True
- secondary colour
- True
- red
- False
- 2
- False
- purple
- True
- green
- True
- yellow
- blue and yellow
- green
- 3
- yellow
- yellow
- False
- False
- False
- red
- True
- blue and red
- False
- purple
- primary colour
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