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