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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 304 · 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: the paint sum red + ? = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) green (c) purple (d) orange
  3. 3.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  4. 4.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  6. 6.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  7. 7.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  8. 8.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  9. 9.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  11. 11.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) two primary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours
  12. 12.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  14. 14.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  15. 15.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  16. 16.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) orange (d) yellow
  18. 18.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) yellow (d) blue
  19. 19.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  21. 21.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  23. 23.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  24. 24.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  27. 27.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  29. 29.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  30. 30.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) green (d) purple
  31. 31.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  34. 34.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  35. 35.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  36. 36.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  37. 37.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) blue (d) purple
  39. 39.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  40. 40.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue

Answer key

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

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