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 yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
- 3.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
- 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) red (c) yellow (d) blue
- 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
- 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) green
- 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
- 8.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
- 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
- 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and yellow
- 13.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
- 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
- 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
- 16.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
- 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
- 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
- 20.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
- 21.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) red and yellow
- 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
- 23.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
- 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
- 25.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
- 27.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
- 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
- 29.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
- 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) yellow
- 32.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) brown and grey (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) the tertiary colours
- 33.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
- 34.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
- 35.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
- 36.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
- 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
- 38.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
- 39.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) blue (c) green (d) orange
Answer key
- True
- red
- yellow
- orange
- blue
- green
- yellow
- True
- False
- True
- orange
- blue and yellow
- 2
- 3
- yellow and blue
- orange
- blue
- yellow
- purple
- 3
- red and yellow
- red
- primary colour
- red
- False
- red
- True
- blue
- primary colour
- yellow and red
- yellow
- the primary colours
- False
- True
- primary colour
- purple
- yellow
- green
- False
- blue
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