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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 116 · 40 questions
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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. 1.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  3. 3.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  7. 7.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  12. 12.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  13. 13.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  15. 15.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) red and blue
  16. 16.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  19. 19.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  27. 27.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and blue (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  30. 30.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  33. 33.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  34. 34.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) red (d) blue

Answer key

  1. True
  2. yellow
  3. True
  4. True
  5. green
  6. 2
  7. False
  8. yellow
  9. True
  10. secondary colour
  11. yellow
  12. blue
  13. primary colour
  14. yellow
  15. red and blue
  16. 3
  17. False
  18. orange
  19. False
  20. False
  21. False
  22. 3
  23. False
  24. False
  25. red
  26. red
  27. True
  28. red
  29. yellow and red
  30. secondary colour
  31. False
  32. green
  33. purple
  34. False
  35. False
  36. red
  37. False
  38. yellow
  39. False
  40. purple

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