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