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