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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 287 · 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 blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  3. 3.True or false: green is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and yellow
  5. 5.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  6. 6.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  10. 10.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  11. 11.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  12. 12.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) orange (d) green
  14. 14.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) three neutral colours (d) black and white
  15. 15.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) red
  18. 18.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  20. 20.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  22. 22.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) blue and yellow (b) red and yellow (c) blue and red (d) yellow and blue
  24. 24.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the secondary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the tertiary colours (d) brown and grey
  25. 25.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  26. 26.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  30. 30.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) orange (d) purple
  34. 34.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue (d) purple
  36. 36.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  37. 37.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  38. 38.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  39. 39.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  40. 40.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour

Answer key

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

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