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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 366 · 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.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) red (c) green (d) purple
  2. 2.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) red and blue (b) blue and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) red and yellow
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) green (c) red (d) orange
  4. 4.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  6. 6.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  7. 7.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  8. 8.True or false: purple is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  11. 11.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  12. 12.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  13. 13.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  14. 14.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  15. 15.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) red (d) blue
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) purple (c) yellow (d) red
  17. 17.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + red = purple (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) yellow (c) green (d) red
  20. 20.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎨 Is yellow a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  22. 22.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  25. 25.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and red (b) red and yellow (c) blue and yellow (d) blue and red
  26. 26.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  27. 27.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange (d) blue
  28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  29. 29.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  30. 30.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
  31. 31.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  32. 32.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) black and white (c) two primary colours (d) three neutral colours
  36. 36.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = purple (a) blue (b) red (c) yellow
  38. 38.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  39. 39.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) purple (c) green (d) orange

Answer key

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

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