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