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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 43 · 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 secondary colour? (a) red (b) blue (c) purple (d) yellow
  2. 2.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
  3. 3.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  4. 4.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs red. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs red. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  7. 7.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and red
  9. 9.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) black and white (b) three neutral colours (c) two secondary colours (d) two primary colours
  10. 10.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) green (d) blue
  12. 12.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  14. 14.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  16. 16.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) green (c) orange (d) purple
  18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  19. 19.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  20. 20.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) red (c) purple (d) yellow
  22. 22.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) purple (d) orange
  24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) purple (b) yellow (c) orange (d) green
  25. 25.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the tertiary colours (b) the primary colours (c) the secondary colours (d) brown and grey
  26. 26.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) blue (b) yellow (c) red
  27. 27.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes green. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🎨 Mix yellow and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
  29. 29.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  31. 31.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) blue and yellow (d) yellow and blue
  33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) yellow and blue (c) red and blue (d) yellow and red
  34. 34.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and red (d) yellow and blue
  35. 35.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum ? + red = purple needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  38. 38.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) blue (d) red

Answer key

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

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