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