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.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
- 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) blue (d) purple
- 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
- 5.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
- 6.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
- 7.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
- 8.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
- 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
- 10.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
- 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
- 13.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
- 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
- 15.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
- 16.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
- 17.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
- 18.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 19.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
- 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
- 22.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
- 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
- 25.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 26.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
- 28.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
- 29.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
- 30.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
- 31.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
- 32.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
- 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
- 35.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) three neutral colours (b) two primary colours (c) two secondary colours (d) black and white
- 36.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
- 37.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
- 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
- 39.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
- 40.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
Answer key
- green
- blue
- blue
- orange
- green
- 2
- False
- purple
- orange
- False
- red
- blue
- False
- green
- purple
- orange
- the primary colours
- secondary colour
- False
- 3
- yellow and red
- True
- blue and yellow
- False
- False
- primary colour
- purple
- red and yellow
- purple
- True
- yellow
- False
- green
- green
- two primary colours
- False
- orange
- yellow
- True
- True
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