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