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