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