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