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