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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 226 · 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) red (c) yellow
  2. 2.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  3. 3.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  4. 4.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  12. 12.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) yellow (d) purple
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) blue (d) orange
  16. 16.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  20. 20.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  22. 22.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  23. 23.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  24. 24.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  26. 26.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  30. 30.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  31. 31.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) purple (d) red
  33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) orange (c) red (d) green
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  35. 35.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) blue and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and blue
  37. 37.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  38. 38.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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