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