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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 199 · 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.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  3. 3.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  5. 5.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) brown and grey (c) the tertiary colours (d) the primary colours
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  9. 9.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red (d) purple
  14. 14.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and blue (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  17. 17.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  19. 19.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  21. 21.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  27. 27.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  29. 29.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  33. 33.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  36. 36.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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