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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 239 · 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.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) orange
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  11. 11.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  12. 12.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  15. 15.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) red (d) purple
  17. 17.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and blue (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  19. 19.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  20. 20.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  21. 21.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red (d) green
  22. 22.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  23. 23.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  24. 24.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  26. 26.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  27. 27.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  29. 29.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  30. 30.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) orange (d) blue
  31. 31.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  32. 32.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) orange (d) green
  35. 35.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
  36. 36.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  37. 37.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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