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Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 447 · 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 two paint colours mixed together make purple? (a) yellow and blue (b) yellow and red (c) red and yellow (d) red and blue
  2. 2.🎨 Mix blue and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) purple (c) orange
  3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) red (c) orange (d) blue
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple (d) blue
  5. 5.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
  6. 6.🎨 Mix yellow and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  7. 7.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and yellow (b) blue and red (c) yellow and blue (d) yellow and red
  8. 8.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  9. 9.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? blue + ? = green (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
  10. 10.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
  11. 11.Which secondary colour has NO yellow in it? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  12. 12.🎨 Mix red and blue paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
  13. 13.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) purple (b) blue (c) red (d) yellow
  14. 14.True or false: yellow is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🎨 Is yellow 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.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) green (c) orange
  18. 18.True or false: red is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
  21. 21.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) green
  23. 23.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?
  24. 24.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  25. 25.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) yellow and blue (b) blue and red (c) red and blue (d) red and yellow
  27. 27.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) orange (b) yellow (c) red (d) blue
  28. 28.True or false: the paint sum ? + blue = green needs yellow. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: mixing yellow and red paint makes green. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: the paint sum red + ? = orange needs yellow. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: mixing blue and yellow paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) purple (c) green (d) orange
  34. 34.True or false: orange is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
  36. 36.True or false: the paint sum yellow + ? = green needs blue. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
  38. 38.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
  39. 39.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two primary colours (b) two secondary colours (c) black and white (d) three neutral colours

Answer key

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

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