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