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