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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 215 · 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.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) purple (c) blue (d) yellow
  4. 4.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) orange
  6. 6.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  9. 9.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  10. 10.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  15. 15.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  17. 17.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  18. 18.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  20. 20.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  21. 21.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  29. 29.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  33. 33.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  36. 36.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  37. 37.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  38. 38.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  39. 39.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) red (c) orange (d) green

Answer key

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

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