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