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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 237 · 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 of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) orange (c) red (d) purple
  2. 2.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) two secondary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) two primary colours
  3. 3.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  6. 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  7. 7.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green (d) yellow
  8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) purple
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) blue and red
  11. 11.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  13. 13.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  19. 19.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
  21. 21.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  23. 23.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  24. 24.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  25. 25.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
  30. 30.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  31. 31.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  33. 33.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  34. 34.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) yellow (d) red
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  36. 36.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the tertiary colours
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) blue and red (d) red and yellow

Answer key

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

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