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