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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 232 · 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 secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  2. 2.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  3. 3.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  5. 5.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  7. 7.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  8. 8.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) red (c) orange (d) purple
  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.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  12. 12.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  14. 14.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  15. 15.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  17. 17.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  20. 20.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) red (d) yellow
  22. 22.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  25. 25.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  26. 26.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  27. 27.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  29. 29.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  34. 34.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  35. 35.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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