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 two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
- 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
- 3.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 4.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
- 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) red and yellow (d) yellow and blue
- 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
- 7.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
- 8.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 9.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 10.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
- 12.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
- 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
- 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
- 16.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) green (d) yellow
- 18.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
- 19.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
- 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
- 21.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
- 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
- 23.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the tertiary colours (c) the primary colours (d) the secondary colours
- 24.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
- 25.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
- 26.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
- 27.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 28.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
- 29.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
- 31.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
- 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
- 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
- 34.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
- 35.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) purple
- 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
- 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
- 39.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) purple
- 40.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- yellow and blue
- True
- False
- blue
- blue and red
- yellow
- False
- primary colour
- primary colour
- True
- True
- False
- yellow and red
- green
- orange
- False
- green
- True
- False
- red
- False
- yellow
- the primary colours
- 3
- blue
- True
- secondary colour
- red
- True
- orange
- False
- red and blue
- blue
- 3
- purple
- purple
- True
- yellow
- purple
- True
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