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