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: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow
- 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
- 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
- 5.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) blue
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
- 7.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
- 9.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
- 10.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
- 11.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
- 12.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
- 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
- 14.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 15.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
- 16.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 17.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 18.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
- 19.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
- 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
- 21.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) green
- 23.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
- 24.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
- 26.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
- 27.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
- 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
- 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
- 30.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
- 31.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
- 33.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 34.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
- 37.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
- 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
- 39.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
Answer key
- True
- yellow and blue
- yellow
- blue
- blue
- orange
- False
- purple
- blue and red
- red
- blue
- blue
- yellow
- secondary colour
- green
- True
- secondary colour
- green
- 3
- red and blue
- yellow
- green
- True
- False
- blue
- 3
- 2
- blue and yellow
- orange
- green
- secondary colour
- red
- True
- False
- primary colour
- False
- red
- True
- False
- yellow and red
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