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