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