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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 281 · 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.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  5. 5.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) blue
  7. 7.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  9. 9.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  11. 11.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  12. 12.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) green (d) red
  14. 14.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) blue (d) orange
  15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  18. 18.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  21. 21.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  24. 24.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) green (c) blue (d) red
  26. 26.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  27. 27.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) yellow (d) purple
  31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow (d) orange
  32. 32.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  33. 33.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  34. 34.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  36. 36.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple (d) red
  39. 39.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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