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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 326 · 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.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  2. 2.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  3. 3.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  4. 4.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) red and blue (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  7. 7.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  8. 8.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  9. 9.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = purple needs red. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) blue (c) yellow (d) red
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) yellow (d) blue
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) red (c) purple (d) blue
  16. 16.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  18. 18.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) yellow and blue (b) red and blue (c) red and yellow (d) blue and red
  19. 19.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  20. 20.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  21. 21.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  23. 23.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  24. 24.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  26. 26.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  28. 28.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) red (c) blue (d) yellow
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  31. 31.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green (d) blue
  34. 34.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) blue (b) red (c) green (d) yellow
  37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow

Answer key

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

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