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