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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 338 · 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: green is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  4. 4.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  6. 6.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and purple? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  7. 7.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  8. 8.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow (d) purple
  11. 11.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  12. 12.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the secondary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the primary colours
  13. 13.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) red and blue (d) blue and yellow
  14. 14.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  15. 15.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  17. 17.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) orange (c) yellow (d) green
  19. 19.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) orange (c) blue (d) yellow
  21. 21.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
  23. 23.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  25. 25.True or false: the paint sum blue + ? = purple needs blue. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + yellow = green (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) green (c) red (d) blue
  28. 28.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) purple (c) red (d) orange
  30. 30.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) yellow and red (c) yellow and blue (d) red and blue
  33. 33.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  35. 35.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  36. 36.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  40. 40.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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