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