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 of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
- 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
- 3.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
- 4.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
- 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
- 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
- 7.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
- 9.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
- 10.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 11.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 12.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 13.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
- 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
- 15.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
- 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
- 18.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
- 19.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
- 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
- 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
- 23.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
- 24.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
- 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) green (d) orange
- 27.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) yellow (d) green
- 30.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
- 31.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) blue (d) green
- 33.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
- 36.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 37.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
- 38.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
- 40.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
Answer key
- orange
- True
- the primary colours
- orange
- red and yellow
- orange
- True
- purple
- red
- primary colour
- primary colour
- True
- True
- blue
- secondary colour
- blue
- yellow
- orange
- False
- purple
- yellow and red
- green
- green
- primary colour
- yellow
- red
- False
- True
- yellow
- True
- True
- blue
- False
- True
- red and blue
- secondary colour
- blue
- False
- green
- 3
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