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