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 secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
- 2.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
- 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
- 4.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
- 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
- 6.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
- 7.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
- 8.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
- 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
- 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
- 12.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
- 13.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
- 15.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) yellow (d) orange
- 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
- 17.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
- 18.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
- 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
- 21.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
- 22.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
- 23.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
- 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
- 25.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
- 27.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 28.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 30.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
- 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) green
- 32.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
- 33.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
- 35.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
- 36.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
- 39.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
- 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- orange
- False
- red and yellow
- False
- yellow and red
- orange
- green
- 2
- False
- 3
- yellow
- green
- True
- red
- yellow
- red
- orange
- 3
- orange
- red and blue
- orange
- blue and yellow
- False
- red
- secondary colour
- blue
- False
- False
- secondary colour
- False
- green
- green
- True
- yellow
- False
- False
- True
- blue
- red
- True
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